8 Scientific Theories That Totally Change Captain America: Civil War

8. Captain America

The Cap's origin story is pretty classic. The scrawny underdog, given a vaguely sciencey "supersoldier serum", blasted with "vita-rays" and transformed into a hot slice of hunk with the strength of an ox and the charm of a puppy in a bowtie.

As far fetched as it all sounds, there could well be a real-world equivalent one day thanks to the ever developing field of genome-editing. We haven't quite managed to create a magic serum just yet, but scientists do think that they might have identified certain genes that control things like muscle growth and oxygen blood load (affecting your stamina).

By flipping the switch on these genes, we might someday be able to develop enhanced humans. What's more, they are sometimes activated using a blast of UV light - close enough to vita-rays, don't you think?