Undead viruses! Killer foxes! Soldiers who never sleep! This is no horror movie-it's today's scientists at their most daring

by Michael Koelsch Michael Koelsch

Maybe we saw The Andromeda Strain a few too many times in our formative years, but we can´t help shivering when we hear about microbiologists reanimating long-dormant lethal viruses. And those biologists working to make human limbs grow back: Haven´t we seen that film? Don´t the guys in lab coats all die in the first reel?

They may sound cinematic, but the incredible research projects on the following pages are not imaginary. They´re real, funded ventures by respected scientists. They have perfectly rational goals. They also happen to creep us out.

Continue reading below for six of the scariest ideas in science.

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fouroboros

from richmond, VA

I love the 50s b-flick poster so much I'd buy one. But someone whisper to Michael it's "*Scientists* doing extraordinary research" before the print run starts. Great article.

I love the 50s b-flick poster so much I'd buy one. But someone whisper to Michael it's "*Scientists* doing extraordinary research" before the print run starts. Great article.

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