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Can Radiation Give You Superpowers?
Season 2
Episode 38
Reactions is looking at some superhero science and chemistry. The Thing, Human Torch, Invisible Woman and Mister Fantastic are back this summer! In the new reboot, the team gets its powers while in an alternate dimension. Here at Reactions, though, we stick to comic book canon. We explain the original way the Fantastic Four got their power – radiation – with help from SciPop.

8:46
Is water bending real?

11:15
George tries to make a new discovery in a huge field of science... and he might have.

12:00
This week Alex takes to the lab and investigates the stable isotopes in 20 different honeys.

20:29
Rubbing two balloons together leads George to a shocking discovery.

11:25
Is baking soda a legal, performance enhancing drug?

8:10
George tries to make electricity using dialysis tubing, toilet parts, and a baby turbine.

13:59
Alex wonders what happens when hot water freezes quicker than room temperature water?

9:56
Could a seemingly magical 300-year-old technology save us from climate change?

14:50
Fluoride is everywhere in the discourse but here’s what the research actually says.

9:47
How does a lifesaving drug vanish into thin air?

9:36
is there really a difference in the Coca-Cola from Mexico?

11:57
Alex made some kidney stones at home and tested prevention methods to keep them at bay.