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Screw You, Pressure!

by Sheli on 2012/05/17 at 12:00 AM
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There’s a little part of me that knows that this is a very ridiculous pose for Aquaman, but there’s a bigger part of me that thinks it’s too funny.

Anyway, PRESSURE. No, not the peer type, and not the David Bowie type, but the force constantly applied to a body. How much force we’re talking about depends on the objects’ surroundings. You’re walking around on the surface? Eh, not too much. You swimming in the depths of your underwater kingdom?

Dead. You’re so dead.

Researching this one was not as…..lighthearted as other entries. We’ve got eardrums rupturing, suffocation, the bends (augh, the bends!), toxic oxygen, and lungs being reduced to such a small size that they are no longer usable.

Wooo….pressure.

And while there is truth that with gradual change in gases in a human body and a slow descent/ascent crazy-deep depths can be reached – we’ve all seen Aquaman speed around town. He’s just given the bird to stupid pressure.

And if you want to talk about how Arthur Curry is not technically human, then pretend this is @#$% Physiology. That dude is not allowed to be a humanoid that occupies land and water without screwing over some area of science.

So good job, Aquaman, for deciding to live it up in places that spell instant doom for humankind.

Thanks for stopping!

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Screw You, Conservation of Mass!

by Sheli on 2012/05/15 at 12:04 AM
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I promised I would not do this for this series, but I totally broke a personal rule with this entry:

I was only going to pick the most mainstream Superheroes, and not just do 20 of my favorite heroes. Because like all good comic fans, I’ve got a bunch of obscure second-stringers that are close to my heart. But Multiple Man was the reason I started buying floppies, and then getting really into comics. It’s also where I learned the term conservation of mass, so the buck had to stop here.

Not keeping with this law is a frequent sin among our beloved heroes. Ant Man, Captain Marvel, Hulk….anyone who decides that they can just spontaneously add mass to themselves. ‘Cause this law says that the mass you have remains constant. So Madrox, is either crazy dense – or he is screwing science over! Actually being crazy dense would still mean he’s screwing science over….just in new ways!

You sure showed Science, Madrox. Nice work.

Thanks for stopping!

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Screw You, Radiation Safety!

by Sheli on 2012/05/10 at 12:04 AM
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So yeah, this one isn’t really a scientific concept, but more of a procedure that should ALWAYS be observed.

Bruce Banner can tell you all about it:


Then again, Hulk was astounding in The Avengers…so I’m a little pleased he ignored safety measures…Sorry, Bruce.

Now that these are a 1/4 done, I figured I’d mention a bit about where these came from, and really give credit where it is due.

I’ve known that I wanted to do this set for a very long time. But I’ve also known that I’m not smart. Well I am, but not. You need someone to quote Shakespeare? Which sonnet? Explain the contributions of Norse trickster myths in pop culture today? I’ll pen that thesis.

I’m your gal for all of the humanities. But science, while I love learning about it – has never been my strong suit.

So I asked a bunch of my sciencey friends to put together this list for me. Because I promise, I had no idea what Drake’s Equation was before Quigz brought it up. And I’m still trying to get my head around special relativity.

So most of what you’ve been reading has been my interpretations on what they and a couple internet websites have taught me. More than anyone, my friend Max has been very gracious in explaining scientific concepts in as many ways as he can think of. That way my poor, fanciful brain can try and understand.

So yes, there are a couple ‘softer’ entries into this series, but hopefully either the sketch itself will make up for that, or you can draw strength from the other pictures.

Thanks for stopping!

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Screw You, Drake’s Equation!

by Sheli on 2012/05/08 at 12:04 AM
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Once upon a Frank Drake, there was an idea for an equation that could guess at how many alien species us Earthlings might communicate with. The different considerations talk about the odds of different stars having orbiting planets, and whether they would even have life, and a bunch more. It’s pretty cool. You can go check it out.

When Drake proposed the equation in 1960, he calculated that there were maybe 10 alien civilizations that we could hypothetically find.

Hm.

Not according to the Green Lantern Corps.

 

Coming at you from Space Sector 2814 out of 3600.

Thanks for trying, Drake, but they got this.

Thanks for stopping!

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Screw You, Special Relativity!

by Sheli on 2012/05/03 at 12:04 AM
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One of my favorite heroes!

…Who happens to be one of the greatest criminals against science that comics ever wrote.

So, Special Relativity? E = mc^2? That whole light is the only thing that travels at the speed of light?

Well, light and the Flash.

And dudes, he could totally handle the friction that traveling at those speeds would generate. Even though no known technology we have today could take it.

And tapping into the Speed Force/Time Traveling – that stuff definitely happens. There’s no way that time is relative and the Flash just ends up running really fast.

Find it in a book where I’m wrong, and I’ll cede the point.

Until then, the Cosmic Tredmill is totally a thing.

Thanks for stopping!

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