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Stanford Researcher Explains the Science of Captain America and the Hulk’s Powers [VIDEO]

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Published: Aug 18, 2014 10:54 am

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Stanford biologist Sebastian Alvarado is here to take the wind out of your sails, pedants. Superheroes will probably never be 100% scientifically accurate, but Alvarado’s rationalizations for the real science that could be at work behind the Hulk and Captain America would make the Science Bros. proud.

(via Polygon)

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