{"version":"1.0","type":"rich","provider_name":"Acast","provider_url":"https://acast.com","height":250,"width":700,"html":"<iframe src=\"https://embed.acast.com/$/5ac641acf3521bc019027825/5ca544e668617fd26d521de8?\" frameBorder=\"0\" width=\"700\" height=\"250\"></iframe>","title":"Science of Superheroes: Planet Comicon Live","description":"<p>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 <a href=\"https://factandsciencefiction.com\" target=\"_blank\">factandsciencefiction.com</a> and share the episode with a nerd you know!</p><p><br></p><p>Twitter: <a href=\"https://twitter.com/factandscifi\" target=\"_blank\">@FactandSciFi</a></p><p>Facebook: <a href=\"https://facebook.com/factandscifi\" target=\"_blank\">facebook.com/factandscifi</a></p><p>Instagram: <a href=\"https://instagram.com/factandscifi\" target=\"_blank\">@factandscifi</a></p><p><br></p><p>Research from this episode came from:</p><p>O'Doherty Jim; Rojas-Fisher, Bruno; O’Doherty, Sophie. <a href=\"https://doi.org/10.24413/sst.2018.1.2928\" target=\"_blank\">Real-Life Radioactive Men</a>. Superhero Science and Technology, [S.l.], v. 1, n. 1, nov. 2018.</p><p><br></p><p>ExplainThatStuff.com <a href=\"https://www.explainthatstuff.com/lasers.html\" target=\"_blank\">How do lasers work?</a></p><p><br></p><p>Stanford biologist explains science of origin stories of <a href=\"https://news.stanford.edu/news/2014/august/marvel-heroes-alvarado-081214.html\" target=\"_blank\">Captain America and the Incredible Hulk</a></p><p><br></p><p>CBR.com <a href=\"https://www.cbr.com/captain-marvel-powers-ranked/\" target=\"_blank\">Captain Marvel: All Of Her Powers Officially Ranked</a></p><p><br></p><p><a href=\"https://www.audible.com/pd/The-Science-of-Superheroes-Audiobook/B002V8NAJC?qid=1554338983&amp;sr=1-1&amp;ref=a_search_c3_lProduct_1_1&amp;pf_rd_p=e81b7c27-6880-467a-b5a7-13cef5d729fe&amp;pf_rd_r=JQD6FVSQDCY64ZN77GXT\" target=\"_blank\">The Science of Superheroes</a> by Lois Gresh and Robert Weinberg</p><p><br></p><p>Size and Warmth <a href=\"http://noticing.co/on-size-and-warmth/\" target=\"_blank\">Noticing.co </a></p><p><br></p><p><a href=\"https://www.gmwatch.org/en/news/archive/18026-biohacker-crisprs-himself-in-attempt-to-get-bigger-muscles\" target=\"_blank\">Biohacker CRISPRs himself in attempt to get bigger muscles</a></p><p><br></p><p><a href=\"https://www.smithsonianmag.com/science-nature/science-explains-how-iceman-resists-extreme-cold-180969134/#cE6djODUURzlLCCv.99\" target=\"_blank\">IceMan by Smithsonian Magazine </a></p>","author_name":"Fact & Science Fiction"}