This special live episode was recorded March 30 in Kansas City MO. I did a round-up of the science of superheroes and superpowers, including Captain Marvel, the Incredible Hulk, Captain America, and Ant-Man. I discuss photon blasts, radiation, growing big and super-shrinking. Then I talked about the outliers: real life people with interesting abilities. Check out the transcript on the blog factandsciencefiction.com and share the episode with a nerd you know!
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Research from this episode came from:
O'Doherty Jim; Rojas-Fisher, Bruno; O’Doherty, Sophie. Real-Life Radioactive Men. Superhero Science and Technology, [S.l.], v. 1, n. 1, nov. 2018.
ExplainThatStuff.com How do lasers work?
Stanford biologist explains science of origin stories of Captain America and the Incredible Hulk
CBR.com Captain Marvel: All Of Her Powers Officially Ranked
The Science of Superheroes by Lois Gresh and Robert Weinberg
Size and Warmth Noticing.co
Biohacker CRISPRs himself in attempt to get bigger muscles
IceMan by Smithsonian Magazine
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