Excerpt from an Article on CNN.com
What would it take to become a real-life superhero?
(CNN)If
watching "Captain America: Civil War" this weekend revives your
childhood dreams of becoming a superhero, technology may be on your side
to make it happen -- but science is a little more discouraging.
Technologically
speaking, becoming Iron Man could be feasible by enhancing your
strength through a mechanical device, especially in comparison to
becoming Captain America. Modifying your makeup through gene therapy or
the next generation of steroids faces more ethical challenges -- as well
as scientific limitations.
Science fiction and science fact have long shared an interchangeable dialogue of inspiring each other.
"(They) provide inspiration and whimsy," said Gary May, dean of the College of Engineering at the Georgia Institute of Technology. "We can enable ourselves to achieve what we couldn't before."
CNN
spoke to experts in the field to learn the science behind a few of the
superheroes featured in the next installment of the Marvel movie
franchise -- and what would happen if one of their origin stories
happened to you.
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