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Physics of Kryptonite -- atomic number, half life, etc.?
How deeply have the comic books gone into what sort of radiation Kryptonite emits, whether it decays, and its useful properties besides injuring Superman. I saw that its atomic number is 126, so it is ...
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How strong would Clark have to be to lift the school bus out of the water? [closed]
How much additional weight would the water have added to the bus and how much strength would be needed to lift the bus out of the water in the way that he did?
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Why doesn't The Flash catch fire due to air friction? [duplicate]
What protects The Flash from air friction? At the speed at which he moves, he should be affected by air friction.
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Excessive force used by Superman mysteriously fails to cause injury?
It was established in an answer to another question that Sheldon from Big Bang Theory was wrong to say that Superman doesn't have enough space to gently decelerate Lois when he catches her and a ...
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Is Sheldon right that Superman would have killed Lois when he caught her? [closed]
Quoted from The Big Bang Theory:
Penny: Yeah, I do like the one where Lois Lane falls from the
helicopter and Superman swooshes down and catches her, which one was
that?
Leonard, Sheldon ...
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What is the best scientific explanation for how The Flash moves so fast without issue, or is it just "magic?"
The Flash goes from zero to ??? in an eye blink. As he does not have a Saturn 5 rocket on his back, how do you explain the acceleration? How do you explain his ability to stop on a dime and turn ...
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