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Man Versus Science

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Can an NFL running back muster the same force as a running bull? Does a nine-foot python squeeze harder than a martial arts star?

 Television host John Brenkus and a team of engineers, physicists and stunt coordinators analyze how professional athletes do what they do on SportScience, an ESPN series. Host Frank Stasio talks to Brenkus about the science of sports and common misconceptions about exceptional athletes. 

Watch Brandon Jacbos hit with the force of a running bull:

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Anita Rao is an award-winning journalist, host, creator, and executive editor of "Embodied," a weekly radio show and podcast about sex, relationships & health.
Longtime NPR correspondent Frank Stasio was named permanent host of The State of Things in June 2006. A native of Buffalo, Frank has been in radio since the age of 19. He began his public radio career at WOI in Ames, Iowa, where he was a magazine show anchor and the station's News Director.