Episode 10: The Immortal Iron Fist - Biology of a Living Weapon

In this episode, we explore the biology of Danny Rand, AKA The Immortal Iron Fist! We dig into biomechanics of extreme movement, compensating for extreme forces and evolutionary tradeoffs of extreme performance. We chat with Dr. Sheila Patek of Duke University, who studies evolutionary biomechanics to get the lowdown on The Protector of K’un-Lun and nature’s real life Iron Fist, the mantis shrimp. How fast is the fastest strike in the Tree of Life? What would happen if The Iron Fist punched Luke Cage? Is it even possible to generate light and heat with a single punch? Take a listen a find out! Music by: The Passion HiFi

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Episode 10: The Immortal Iron Fist - Biology of a Living Weapon is an episode from The Biology of Superheroes Podcast by Dr. Shane Campbell-Staton and Arien Darby.

This episode is 83:24 long.

This episode was published on Apr 17, 2019.

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