Panel description: What motivations sustain Bruce Wayne? What was needed to prepare him for his career as Batman? What has this career done to his psyche, his brain, his body? Psychology professor and ...

The following is an excerpt of The Science of Superheroes and Space Warriors published by HowStuffWorks. We’ve taken a look at the two main supertechnologies that make Batman go; now let’s look at the ...

What do you have when you line up a martial artist, acrobatic gymnast, police officer, firefighter, NASCAR driver, and NFL running back? "Watson," the IBM super-computer that recently routed ...

The research from the University of Leicester does not make good reading for anyone hoping to emulate the superhero feats of Batman (although whether Batman, with no enhanced super-powers, is a ...