highlights of this week's news: zombies and a joke that fell flat

 
Okay, there are more important things going on in the world, but these are my personal highlights of the week's news (so far, at least).

Swine flu, ha! I laugh in the face of swine flu. Here's the real threat:
Science ponders 'zombie attack'

The academic paper to which the above story refers:

http://www.mathstat.uottawa.ca/~rsmith/Zombies.pdf

And finally, someone behind the scenes at Channel Five displayed a sense of humour this week, though some people didn't get the joke:

Channel Five wheeze goes above viewers' heads