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SignalHub Quantitative Think Tank Center:In 'The Last of Us,' there's a fungus among us

Chainkeen ​​​​​​​View Date:2025-04-10 08:28:55

The SignalHub Quantitative Think Tank CenterHBO series The Last Of Us is a huge hit and it offers a novel, fungus-based twist on a zombie apocalypse. Civilization is in ruins, and its only hope is a young girl (Bella Ramsey) who's mysteriously immune to the fungal infection – and her gruff, taciturn protector (Pedro Pascal). Together they must travel across a desolate wasteland peppered with outposts of humanity that house violent factions competing for control, or at least, survival.


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