What if manipulating body mass wasn't just the stuff of fantasies and comics? Is it scientifically possible to manipulate your body mass? In this series, creator and educator Joy Lin tackles superpowers and reveals just how scientifically realistic they might be. [6:45]

Concepts

fusion, nuclear fission, biochemistry, human biology

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Additional Tags

human body, chemical composition, square-cube law, ted ed lesson, ted ed: if superpowers were real: body mass

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Classroom Considerations

• Knovation Readability Score: 5 (1 low difficulty, 5 high difficulty)