Anthony, Imran and Rugboy invite listener and scientist Adam Morris to geek out about the science of superheroes! Adam, an environmental and wildlife toxicologist, shares stories from his time studying polar bears in the arctic and breaks down some scientific origins for superhero powers.

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Adam Morris, PhD

• Adam on Twitter

[00:03:55] How Adam ended up on the show

[00:05:36] Adam's science credentials

[00:21:15] Adam's geek credentials

The Science of Superheroes

• The Science of Superheroes
• Science and superheroes: how close are we to creating real superpowers?
• Mudskippers

[00:26:48] Tech Based [00:41:18] Serum/super steroids (Altered Human) [00:48:54] Radiation (Altered Human)

• Water Bears (Tardigrade)

[00:57:23] The promos we played

• 365Flicks Podcast
• History of Bad Ideas Podcast
• Trivia Geeks Podcast

[00:59:55] Genetics (Mutant)

• China’s Super Psychics

[01:20:10] Freak accidents/unexplained (Altered Human) [01:24:30] Alien [01:34:20] Robots/AI

• Stan Lee’s Superhumans TV Show on History channel
• Spider-Math and Bat-Physics: Science in a Superhero World

Thank you to A Place to Hang Your Cape, The WeBeGeeks Network, The Tangent Bound Network, and The Lounge Network for their support! Make sure you check them out for more great geek content!

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