Spider-Man's webbing could ACTUALLY stop a runaway train
While you watched your 193,482nd Harlem Shake video to date, a few Masters of Physics students (read: scientists in training) at the UK's University of Leicester were busy answering questions vital to the success of humanity.
While you watched your 193,482nd Harlem Shake video to date, a few Masters of Physics students (read: scientists in training) at the UK's University of Leicester were busy answering questions vital to the success of humanity. Like, "Could Spider-Man actually stop a speeding train with his webbing?"
Think back to Spider-Man 2 (the Tobey Maguire one after the upside down kiss one, but before the black-and-white evil Spider-Man one). Spider-Man's on a runaway train and the tracks end so everyone's about to careen over the edge to certain death.