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Since their debut in 1963, the X-Men have sworn to protect a world that hates and fears them, but here at AiPT! we've got nothing but love for Marvel's mighty mutants! To celebrate the long-awaited return of Uncanny X-Men, AiPT! brings you UNCANNY X-MONTH: 30 days of original X-Men content. Hope you survive the experience...AiPT! Science is going all-in for Uncanny X-Month, with the most detailed look at X-Men biology anywhere, EVER. Kicking things off is evolutionary biologist Nathan H. Lents, on just what the heck "next step in human evolution" might actually mean.

Since their debut in 1963, the X-Men have sworn to protect a world that hates and fears them, but here at AiPT! we've got nothing but love for Marvel's mighty mutants! To celebrate the long-awaited return of Uncanny X-Men, AiPT! brings you UNCANNY X-MONTH: 30 days of original X-Men content. Hope you survive the experience...AiPT! Science is going all-in for Uncanny X-Month, with the most detailed look at X-Men biology anywhere, EVER. Kicking things off is evolutionary biologist Nathan H. Lents, on just what the heck "next step in human evolution" might actually mean.

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Reality Check: Are the X-Men the next step in human evolution?

Yes, but not like that.

By Nathan H. LentsNovember 6, 2018

Love it or hate it, Tom King's DC superhero psychology series, Heroes in Crisis, sure is making waves. With issue #2 out tomorrow, we invited frequent AiPT! Science contributor and board-certified psychiatrist, Richard Schloss, to take a look at the events of the opener to see how well they fit with what we really know about "post traumatic stress disorder," and how much a place like Sanctuary can really help.

Love it or hate it, Tom King's DC superhero psychology series, Heroes in Crisis, sure is making waves. With issue #2 out tomorrow, we invited frequent AiPT! Science contributor and board-certified psychiatrist, Richard Schloss, to take a look at the events of the opener to see how well they fit with what we really know about "post traumatic stress disorder," and how much a place like Sanctuary can really help.

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Reality Check: The PTSD of ‘Heroes in Crisis’

Does Tom King get it right?

By Richard SchlossOctober 30, 2018

On top of Wolverine coming to terms with his slow death from adamantium poisoning, yesterday's Old Man Logan #46 references a classic "real" UFO case that's barely known outside of Canada. Coincidentally enough, I just got back from a conference where I'd been asked to talk about the incident that occurred 51 years ago near the small fishing village of Shag Harbour, Nova Scotia.

On top of Wolverine coming to terms with his slow death from adamantium poisoning, yesterday's Old Man Logan #46 references a classic "real" UFO case that's barely known outside of Canada. Coincidentally enough, I just got back from a conference where I'd been asked to talk about the incident that occurred 51 years ago near the small fishing village of Shag Harbour, Nova Scotia.

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Reality Check: ‘Old Man Logan’ #46 and the Shag Harbor UFO crash

Ed Brisson's Easter egg for UFO buffs

By Chris RutkowskiAugust 22, 2018

In last week's Hunt for Wolverine: Adamantium Agenda #4, we learned something about Laura Kinney's origin. The original X-23 mini-series that introduced her to the Marvel comics universe established her as a clone of Wolverine, carried to term by the scientist Sarah Kinney.

In last week's Hunt for Wolverine: Adamantium Agenda #4, we learned something about Laura Kinney's origin. The original X-23 mini-series that introduced her to the Marvel comics universe established her as a clone of Wolverine, carried to term by the scientist Sarah Kinney.

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Reality Check: After ‘Hunt for Wolverine: Adamantium Agenda’ #4, is X-23 a clone or what?

A confused clone contemplates conception.

By Yelena BernadskayaAugust 14, 2018

Mark Waid's lessons in the science of the small continued in last week's Ant-Man and the Wasp #4. With Scott Lang and Nadia van Dyne having shrunk to the size of fundamental particles, what kind of crazy physics phenomena would they encounter?

Mark Waid's lessons in the science of the small continued in last week's Ant-Man and the Wasp #4. With Scott Lang and Nadia van Dyne having shrunk to the size of fundamental particles, what kind of crazy physics phenomena would they encounter?

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Reality Check: The small science of ‘Ant-Man and the Wasp’ #4

Some cool concepts in here.

By Russ DoblerAugust 7, 2018

The Rashomon Effect takes its name from the 1950 Akira Kurosawa film Rashomon, in which the same murder is described in four different and contradictory ways by four eyewitnesses. Similarly, Immortal Hulk #3 presents us with a cop, an old lady, and a priest, all of whom witness the character called Hotshot taking hostages in a church, until he is apprehended by the Hulk. Additionally, a bartender, who has had a run-in with Bruce Banner just prior to the incident, is thrown into the mix for comic relief.

The Rashomon Effect takes its name from the 1950 Akira Kurosawa film Rashomon, in which the same murder is described in four different and contradictory ways by four eyewitnesses. Similarly, Immortal Hulk #3 presents us with a cop, an old lady, and a priest, all of whom witness the character called Hotshot taking hostages in a church, until he is apprehended by the Hulk. Additionally, a bartender, who has had a run-in with Bruce Banner just prior to the incident, is thrown into the mix for comic relief.

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Reality Check: ‘Immortal Hulk’ #3’s Rashomon effect

A common, yet unsettling truth about perception.

By Richard SchlossJuly 31, 2018

We knew the unfathomable space gods, the Celestials, have long had their hand in the progress of Marvel Universe human evolution, creating the Eternals and the Deviants and laying the groundwork for the emergence of mutants. Now, thanks to writer Jason Aaron and the current Avengers series, we're learning that their meddling (intentional or otherwise) goes all the way back to Earth's beginning.

We knew the unfathomable space gods, the Celestials, have long had their hand in the progress of Marvel Universe human evolution, creating the Eternals and the Deviants and laying the groundwork for the emergence of mutants. Now, thanks to writer Jason Aaron and the current Avengers series, we're learning that their meddling (intentional or otherwise) goes all the way back to Earth's beginning.

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Reality Check: Jason Aaron’s ‘Avengers’ questions life on Earth

Celestial intervention? Or just statistics?

By Russ DoblerJuly 24, 2018

The whereabous of Janet Van Dyne, the original Wasp, in the first Ant-Man movie were so mysterious, it was even a plot point. In the sequel releasing this weekend, Ant-Man and the Wasp, our heroes delve deep into the "quantum realm" to find her, and as weird a place as it is, the truth of the tiny might even be stranger than fiction.

The whereabous of Janet Van Dyne, the original Wasp, in the first Ant-Man movie were so mysterious, it was even a plot point. In the sequel releasing this weekend, Ant-Man and the Wasp, our heroes delve deep into the "quantum realm" to find her, and as weird a place as it is, the truth of the tiny might even be stranger than fiction.

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Reality Check: The quantum world of ‘Ant-Man and the Wasp’

It might be even weirder than you think.

By Russ DoblerJuly 7, 2018

The Jurassic Park franchise has always prompted two questions in the minds of its audience:

The Jurassic Park franchise has always prompted two questions in the minds of its audience:

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Reality Check: Who would survive a Jurassic World?

Hint: You will die.

By Robert ReedJune 14, 2018

You've gotta love Mark Waid. A physics minor in college, he's always sneaking neat science bits into his work (sometimes even using page space to explain them!), and beginning in June, he'll have a whole Ant-Man & the Wasp miniseries DRIVEN by science!

You've gotta love Mark Waid. A physics minor in college, he's always sneaking neat science bits into his work (sometimes even using page space to explain them!), and beginning in June, he'll have a whole Ant-Man & the Wasp miniseries DRIVEN by science!

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Reality Check: Is the world doomed in Avengers #688?

Half-armageddon awaits!

By Russ DoblerApril 14, 2018

Hey, so I guess some thing called Infinity War is in the news. Have you heard about this?

Hey, so I guess some thing called Infinity War is in the news. Have you heard about this?

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Reality Check: Thanos’ home “planet” of Titan?

Is that the right nomenclature? Who says?

By Russ DoblerMarch 16, 2018

Hey, did you know Mark Waid was physics minor in college? Well, you had to figure something was up, with all the science stuff he puts in his stories, whether it's the lowdown on what Counter-Earth must really be like, or even a revisit on just how Mjolnir might work, in the current Avengers story, "No Surrender."

Hey, did you know Mark Waid was physics minor in college? Well, you had to figure something was up, with all the science stuff he puts in his stories, whether it's the lowdown on what Counter-Earth must really be like, or even a revisit on just how Mjolnir might work, in the current Avengers story, "No Surrender."

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Reality Check: The “quantum entanglement” of Avengers #681

A truly weird thing that isn't as useful as you might think.

By Russ DoblerFebruary 27, 2018

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