The Science of Superheroes - SPIDER-MAN

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The 'Amazing Spiderman' definitely has some unique tricks and abilities, but do any of them stand up to scientific realities? We'll take a look at how some of Spiderman's main attributes could legitimately happen, while others...not so much!

Written and created by Mitchell Moffit (twitter @mitchellmoffit) and Gregory Brown (twitter @whalewatchmeplz).

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Art by Gregory and Mitchell
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Sources -

The Biology of Spiders:
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  Science & Technology

[ishmalish]

Can batman exist in our society?

[Alexa Pierce]

Could you do a superhero that is exposed to radiation? Maybe the Hulk or the Fantastic Four or many, many others.

[awsomej177]

The Science of Superheroes - SUPER-MAN

[dragonempeorecolby]

sorry for judging u, spiders

[liroy2057]

can an iron man suit can exist

(even one like mach 1

or mk 1 )

[allthatsjordan]

What are you referring to? Genetically, Batman is an average human. In society, a man running around with billions of dollars of toys without his identity becoming exposed is improbable.

[Sean Bailey]

Could you do a video on the space time continuum?

[Emma Krishna]

You misspelled climbing.

[Kayi Okine]

Retroviruses are actually able to make their RNA into DNA and insert it into the DNA of a host cell, changing the host's genetic makeup and function. Normal viruses just rely on machinery in the cell to copy their RNA, they don't change the host cell's DNA.

[Brendan Welch]

I might have some respect for spiders now

[rugare maruzani]

Why a retrovirus?

[bryant padron]

Ummmm ... I think iron man is more engineer than science :) just want you to know !