Ed discusses some of science’s most sinister phenomena: mind manipulation by some of nature’s most brain-bending parasites. With zombie caterpillars to suicidal crickets Ed explains how these victims are no more than puppets on a string, controlled by other, darker forces. Reminiscent of something from ‘Alien’ this talk takes us kicking and screaming into natures most twisted realities: needless to say, it’s not for the faint hearted!