Captain America

Abi tortures Freda: Episode 1

Episode 10 of the Science at the Movies podcast, hosted by Abigail James and Freda Werdiger, titled "Captain America" was published on October 15, 2020 and runs 76 minutes.

October 15, 2020 ·76m · Science at the Movies

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Summary

This week we enter the wonderful world of superheroes with the 2011 film Captain America: The First Avenger. We're talking world war two, the advent of comic book heroes, vita rays and super serums! Abi get's down with gene therapy while Freda goes on a journey with Hugo and his german accent. 'Gibt es das pretzel?!'References:Is it right to use Nazi research if it can save lives? - BBC FutureOperation Paperclip - Book review: CIA Library More Than Human? The Ethics of Biologically Enhancing Soldiers - The AtlanticNazis Dosed Soldiers with Performance-Boosting 'Superdrug' - Live ScienceThe 10 Most Outrageous Military Experiments - Live ScienceMuscles in a Vial: Can a Single Shot Turn You Into Captain America - Live ScienceScience behind Captain America - Youtube : Stanford UniversityGene Therapy and making a real Superhero Serum - Youtube : Because Science in partnership with NovartisSuperhero physiology: the case for Captain America - Brown et al, Advances in Physiology Education Vol. 41, No. 1, 2017 Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Episode Description

This week we enter the wonderful world of superheroes with the 2011 film Captain America: The First Avenger.

We're talking world war two, the advent of comic book heroes, vita rays and super serums! Abi get's down with gene therapy while Freda goes on a journey with Hugo and his german accent.

'Gibt es das pretzel?!'

References:

Is it right to use Nazi research if it can save lives? - BBC Future
Operation Paperclip - Book review: CIA Library
More Than Human? The Ethics of Biologically Enhancing Soldiers - The Atlantic
Nazis Dosed Soldiers with Performance-Boosting 'Superdrug' - Live Science
The 10 Most Outrageous Military Experiments - Live Science
Muscles in a Vial: Can a Single Shot Turn You Into Captain America - Live Science

Science behind Captain America - Youtube : Stanford University
Gene Therapy and making a real Superhero Serum - Youtube : Because Science in partnership with Novartis
Superhero physiology: the case for Captain America - Brown et al, Advances in Physiology Education Vol. 41, No. 1, 2017

Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

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