SuperFrog
Science can make a frog fly...or at least levitate. This "more than interesting" story can be found in its entirity here; but the short of it is:
Hal Sparks, an actor and comic book fan, holds forth in The Science of Superman, a National Geographic Channel television special premiering in the U.S. on Thursday, June 29, at 9p.m. ET/PT. (National Geographic News is part of the National Geographic Society, which is part owner of the National Geographic Channel.)
"This is my theory: [His] flying is based on the magnetic content of his body and the Earth's polarity, so he can push himself away and pull himself toward it," Sparks said.
Science writer Mark Wolverton, another guest on the show, suggests that Superman might be able to generate hypothetical subatomic particles called gravitons.
"If Superman has a way of generating gravitons … I would say he would be flying by essentially riding the waves of gravity that are in his immediate environment."
Similarly, magnetic fields have been used to levitate trains. And in the laboratory, frogs have been elevated when a very strong magnetic field is applied to the water in their bodies. (Watch video of a levitating frog.)
Isn't it odd that heroes other than "super" are just regular people who do something that we "wouldn't" have done or faced with the same situation, would have taken an easier road. Like the old saying; extraordinary is just a few more steps than ordinary—but so few of us are willing to even go one extra step than necessary or wait one extra second when the light turns green before blaring on the horn for the car in front of us to move. God forbid we take any stand other than the "politically correct" masses festering in their own vomit that is being continually re-devoured.
I believe we can ALL fly. NO, we don't have to jump "from" high places, but "to" high places. We ALL have the super-human strength of "love/compassion" because our Creator is SUPER. We ALL have X-Ray vision; but NEVER when we are looking at ourselves. Our "kryptonite" is ourselves, dripping like warm freshly buttered pancakes in the syrup of comfort and ease. Surely, "somebody else" will do something.
Hmmm......
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