I have been reading this book “The Physics of Super Heroes” and as the title implies its talking what a super hero would need to do to actually pull of his super powers. The author James Kakalios is a physics teacher and says that more often than not the physics in comic books are actually correct.

So long story short, this book got me thinking of these things again. So you can imagine my surprise when they actually found Kryptonite in a mine in Serbia!

A new mineral matching its unique chemistry - as described in the film Superman Returns - has been identified in a mine in Serbia.

According to movie and comic-book storyline, Kryptonite is supposed to sap Superman’s powers whenever he is exposed to its large green crystals.

The real mineral is white and harmless, says Dr Chris Stanley, a mineralogist at London’s Natural History Museum.

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