Black Lighting: Hero with a Deadly Power?
Memo to Black Lightning - lightning as your superpower is troublesome - but only if you’re in our world. Black Lightning debuted on The CW recently to solid reviews from critics and fans, which is awesome. If you missed it, the first episode is available to purchase...
You Lift Me Up – The Science of the One-Arm Lift
You’ve seen it before, in many different forms. The hero, the villain…someone…lifts their opponent up by the collar, by the neck, by one body part, or in this case, by the sword. Like all iconic and cool shots, it’s a power pose – all about expressing something about...
The Science of Cooking Wolverine: Energy, Power, Fuel and Twinkies!
How much power would it take to cook Wolverine to his skeleton? With Wolverine back among the living in the Marvel Universe (as of Marvel Legacy), we thought it would be a good time to look at one of Wolverine’s more notable “deaths.” Yeah…Wolverine has a thing...
Science Team-Up: the Hulk & Enrico Fermi in Champions
How do you measure the immeasurable? Estimate something that seems impossible to even guess at? In Marvel’s Champions #11 (available at your local comic shop or digitally at Comixology), while searching for survivors in Hydra-ravaged Las Vegas, the Hulk (Amadeus Cho)...
From a Scream to a Whisper: How Well does Daredevil Hear?
There’s this thing Daredevil does with sound. Yeah, yeah – along with being able to hear really, really…really well. He can focus in on one particular sound, blocking out all others. It’s been shown over the years in comics as he can “focus” on a specific sound (often...
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