The Science Behind The Last of Us FREE Presentation

<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 8pt; text-indent: 0.5in; line-height: 13.8pt; background-image: initial; background-position: initial; background-size: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-attachment: initial; background-origin: initial; background-clip: initial;"><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: Arial, sans-serif;">Could a fungus really turn us into zombies? The science may surprise you!</span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 8pt; text-indent: 0.5in; line-height: 13.8pt; background-image: initial; background-position: initial; background-size: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-attachment: initial; background-origin: initial; background-clip: initial;"><span style="text-indent: 0.5in; font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;">HBO’s wildly popular </span><i style="text-indent: 0.5in; font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;">The Last of Us</i><span style="text-indent: 0.5in; font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;">, based on the acclaimed video game, imagines a world devastated by a fungus that transforms humans into terrifying zombies. It is gripping science fiction, but it also raises some surprisingly real questions about biology, disease, and our changing planet.</span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 8pt; text-indent: 0.5in; line-height: 13.8pt; background-image: initial; background-position: initial; background-size: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-attachment: initial; background-origin: initial; background-clip: initial;"><span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt; text-indent: 0.5in;">We’ll separate science fact from science fiction as we explore climate change and emerging pathogens, mind-controlling fungi, how fungi infect humans, and whether Ellie’s immunity could actually exist. Along the way, we’ll venture into some of biology’s stranger corners, where the real science can be every bit as surprising as the fiction.</span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 8pt; text-indent: 0.5in; line-height: 13.8pt; background-image: initial; background-position: initial; background-size: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-attachment: initial; background-origin: initial; background-clip: initial;"><span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt; text-indent: 0.5in;">Come for the zombies. Stay for the science. You may never look at fungi the same way again.</span></p>PT1H2026-10-04
Michael Cargill
PhD
The Science Behind The Last of Us FREE Presentation"The Science Behind The Last of Us FREE Presentation"

Showtimes

October 4, 2:00 pm

The Grand Cinema