Avengers Proves It: Marvel Humans Are Not Us
The Marvel Universe is very different from ours. We don’t have Spider-Men, mutants with super-powers, Asgardian gods, supersoldiers or insanely advanced technology that you can wear like a suit of armor. Our universe is a little “meh” in comparison. But...why? Why do...
How Dirty is the Batcave?
Think about kids in a dangerous cave - the Thai soccer team, right? What about Batman? He has kids in his cave all the time. No one is going to argue that Batman’s Batcave has bats in it, either. How many is the question, as we’ve seen numbers ranging from a few here...
Elastigirl Doesn’t Have a Skeleton and Other Considerations
It’s a good time to be a stretchy hero. The Flash has seen the Elongated Man make a live action debut, Plastic Man played a key role in Dark Knights: Metal at DC Comics and is now a team member of The Terrifics, Elastigirl is headlining in The Incredibles 2, and in...
Groot the Father, Groot the Son, Groot the Holy…Crap, Who is Groot?
Groot. Heart of the Guardians of the Galaxy. Wise. Cute. Annoying teen. Same plant? Son of original? Clone? How? Okay - time to put the original Groot vs. Groot clone vs. son of Groot argument to bed here. Maybe. This week sees a teen-aged Groot appear in Marvel’s...
Pickle Rick and the Science of Cyborg Cockroaches
To things that are true: Rick & Morty is awesome and last week’s Pickle Rick episode was awesome2. Like always, the episode carried a heavy load of science with it, but there’s one thing I really want to look at here – controlling a cockroach. Can you hijack and...
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