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A radioactive spider would not have done that — the real genetics behind strength, pain and climbing

The Real Genetics Behind Spider-Man

BiologyPhysicsMathematics Age 13+ Intermediate PDF

Spider-Man is back in cinemas, so here is the honest version: what each of those abilities would actually require, and what the published research says about the three that turn out to be real — in people, right now.

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