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 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 ...

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 ...

Absolute Batman has been met with critical and commercial acclaim, and the series' artist wants Studio Trigger to work on an ...

Batman could fly, but unfortunately he wouldn't survive the landing because his wingspan is too short, a group of science boffins have determined. Four students from the University of Leicester have ...

The worlds of scientific research and superhero comics rarely overlap, but when they do, the results can be pretty, pretty awesome. The latest blast of superhero-related science informs us that ...

Batman and Iron Man are really just two regular down to earth men: Bruce Wayne and Tony Stark. Well, ordinary men with billion-dollar fortunes, smarts and let's face it, good physiques. But what ...

He wears a caped bat costume in public and funds an alter ego out of his personal fortune. As a child he witnessed his parents' murders; as an adult, he puts his own life on the line, practicing a ...