Web Extra: Real Life Superheroes

From Episode: "X-Men: Apocalypse"

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Original tape date for episode: January 29, 2016.

The hosts and guests discuss examples of real-life mutants with exceptional abilities.

The hosts and guests talk Epigenetics and the shifting rate of mutation in humans over time.

The guests differentiate advantageous mutations from harmful ones.

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Science Goes to the Movies hosted by Lisa Beth Kovetz, looks at the science in contemporary motion pictures.

Will today's sci-fi fantasies become tomorrow’s science realities? Top working scientists review popular movies, resulting in lively and informative conversations about what science is happening now, what science is heading towards us in the future, and what’s just fun fiction.

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