STEM Breakdown: Dudley Datson & the Forever Machine
Full disclosure - I’m a sucker for young STEM students as heroes of stories. That’s what we have in Dudley Datson and the Forever Machine from Amazon’s Comixology Originals imprint. Written by Scott Snyder, with terrific art by Jamal Igle, the debut issue sets up the...
Batman Bulletproofing – What’s a Structured Polymer Composite?
Just look at that image of Batman above. Owwwww… It comes from The Batman’s Grave #5 by Warren Ellis and Bryan Hitch. Digitally, you can find it at Comixology here, or your local comic shop will surely be happy to mail it to you during this time when physical comic...
The Boys & Science: Do Metamaterials = Invisibility?
I probably need to get this out of the way right off the bat: If you’re a STEM teacher, you probably don’t want to use the new Amazon Prime series The Boys for any type of lesson. At all. Based on the Dynamite comic series by Garth Ennis and Darick Robertson, it’s...
Black Panther’s Favorite Metal – Vibranium!
If you live in the Marvel Universe, vibranium makes the world go ‘round. Okay – not literally, but it’s a major player in the Marvel Universe, both comics and cinematic. Thanks to most vibranium in either Marvel Universe being found in the Black Panther’s home nation...
DARPA Looking to Bridge Brain-Computer Gap
The list of "technopaths," humans who can communicate with machines just using their minds is huge in comics and science fiction, as is the list of novels where brain-networked soldiers are a commonplace element in the universe. Currently, there are many companies...
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