INDEX

NAME:DEV RANA ; CLASS: XII-A ; SUBJECT: BIOLOGY ; SESSION: 2019-20

S.NO. CONTENT PAGE.NO

I. INTRODUCTION 2-3
II. THE ICE MAN 4-5
III. THE MAGUS OF JAVA 6-7
IV. SUPER ENDURANCE 8
V SUPER STRENGTH 9
VI. Ms. EATS ALL 10
VII. HYPER PHOTOGRAPHIC 11-12
MEMORY
VIII PARTY HARD 13
IX NO NEED FOR SLEEP 14
X DESEASE RESISTENCE 15
XI LEAVE NO FINGERPRINTS 16
XII BAT MAN 17-18
 INTRODUCTION

If it's mutant super powers fans want to see, there's no need to

depend on some fictional, CGI-enhanced Marvel make-em-up.
There are very real people with very real gene-based super
abilities all around us!
First, let's start off with the fact that mutations do not mean
retractable adamantium claws nor the ability to control the
weather. In fact, these little genetic typos typically result in very
minor changes, which (when they aren't deadly) are often not
visible.
Mutations are the means by which nature adds new variants into
the genetic pool. If these traits are advantageous (or at least
benign), they are passed along through the generations until they
become a normal part of a species' grander gene pool.
Without mutations, evolution would not be possible—species
could never gain new abilities or attributes. For example, in our
species' recent past (around 12,000 years ago), a single human
had a mutation that gave him the "superpower" to drink cow's
milk and not get sick, which was then passed to half the world's
population. Now we have cheeseburgers.
Scientists believe that every time the human genome duplicates
itself there are around 100 new mutations. They're pretty
common, and usually negligible. However, it would stand to
reason that within the pantheon of human mutations, some would

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express themselves in the form of extraordinary superhuman
abilities.
You guys must be thinking that if mutation is the key to possess
extraordinary abilities. Well There is actually quite a bit of
scientific proof, or evidence, if you will, that indeed superpowers,
for lack of a better term, are real and actually do exist. In fact,
there are a number of fairly prominent and somewhat less well-
known people who clearly have mastery over a wide range of
superhuman abilities and can demonstrate them at will and on
command, even in the face of scientific scrutiny. And the good
news is that these masters of the body, mind and spirit all claim
anyone can develop these abilities as well, with a bit—or a lot—
of focused practice and discipline.
Check out the 13 examples of medically verified human abilities
resulting from minute changes in genetic code, intensive
meditation and yoga practice.

: Here are 13 examples of real-life super heroes!

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 1. Wim Hof: The Ice Man

Another extraordinarily well-documented living master with real

life superhuman abilities is that of Dutchman Wim Hof. Wim
has essentially mastered the ability to control various aspects of
his physical body and, to some extent, his mind in a way that
allows him to withstand extreme conditions of cold, heat and
endurance.
He is most famous for climbing Mount Everest in his under
wear and barefoot, climbing mount kilimanjaro under the same
conditions and immersing himself in ice water in the middle of
the Arctic for hours at a time. He also ran a marathon (26 miles)
in the desert without drinking water. He is able to do this, he
says, because he has mastered a special breathing technique he
developed that allows him to develop an extraordinary level of
control over his body and mind, which essentially makes him to
a large degree impervious to the freezing cold (and sometimes
hot) conditions he is operating in.

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Many of the world’s greatest athletes have gone to study with
Wim because he has clearly mastered something extraordinary.
What’s great about Wim is that he is alive and well and openly
teaches his methods for developing practical, real life
superhuman abilities. Furthermore, they tend to be less esoteric
and difficult than any of the other masters mentioned in this
article, making them a great place to get started in learning how
to tap into and develop your own extraordinary ability.

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 2. John Chang: The Magus of Java

Of all the living masters of superhuman abilities, perhaps the

most impressive and well-documented is that of John Chang, a
Chinese Neigong practitioner and healer in the Mo Pai
tradition who has developed an extraordinary level of control
and ability over the subtle energies of the body, known in many
spiritual traditions as qi, prana, life force, mana and so on.
He is able to use the qi energy that he has spent decades
cultivating and refining to be able to perform superhuman feats
like lighting things on fire with his hands, taking a bullet at point
blank, pushing chopsticks through tables, healing the sick,
conjuring spirits, displaying extraordinay strength and much,
much more.
An clip from the documentary Ring of Fire captures John
demonstrating many of these miraculous superpowers:

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As you can imagine, when these videos came out, it spurred a
wave of people all over the world who sought out Chang
somewhere on the Indonesian island of Java (his current
whereabouts are unknown) to learn for themselves how to
achieve these kinds of abilities. One man, Kosta Danaos, a greek
engineer, was able to find John somewhere in Indonesian—not
an easy thing to do I might add—through a series of highly
synchronous events. John agreed to take Kosta on as one of his
first and only Western, non-Chinese, non-Indonesian students.
Kosta studied with John for years and took copious notes on his
experiences, recording many of John’s core teachings of the Mo
Pai system that allowed him to develop such extraordinary
abilities and supernatural powers. Kosta later turned these notes
into a book called The Magus of Java.
It’s well written and reveals many of the fundamental concepts
you need to know to safely practice and train the fundamentals
in the Mo Pai tradition and start developing superhuman powers
like John.

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 3. Super Endurance!

Finnish Olympic skiing champion Eero Mantyranta may have

been the first Finnish sportsman to test positive for hormone
doping (which was totes kosher back in the 1960s), but he
probably didn't need to since he had genetic super endurance
powers!

Along with other members of his extended family, Mantyranta

had a condition resulting from a mutation in the erythropoietin
receptor gene, which resulted in the ability to carry 50 percent
more oxygen in his bloodstream, a trait that is quite
advantageous in endurance competition.

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 4. Super Strength!

When most people think of genetic disorders, they usually

picture the ones that result in physical frailty. However, going
by Shamalanian logic, there should also be genetic disorders
from the other side of the bell curve that result in superhuman
strength. And that seems to be the case with Michigan boy Liam
Hoekstra.
Liam has a rare genetic condition in which his body doesn't
produce the protein myostatin, which inhibits muscle growth.
Individuals or animals with this deficiency tend to have much
larger muscles with little body fat; an inherent super strength!

While Liam doesn't appear to boast any fantastical car-tossing

strength, he is naturally stronger than all his peers without doing
any training. The only downside to his condition is that he must
eat more than his peers in order to "keep up" with his body.
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 5. Eating That Which Should Not Be Eaten!

Michel Lotito was a French "entertainer" known as Monsieur

Mangetout or "Mr. Eats All." Thoughout his career, Michel
consumed all manner of non-consumable objects made of glass,
rubber, and metal (which he would often accompany by
downing oil). One of his most impressive feats was consuming
an entire Cessna 150 airplane, which he ate in small bits over the
course of two years.

There was a couple of things going on here: First, Michel

appeared to suffer from a condition known as Pica, a disorder
characterized by the appetite for non-consumable foods like dirt,
rocks, and metals. But what makes Michel truly notable is the
abnormally thick lining in his stomach and intestines that made
it possible for him to eat sharp metal objects and consume toxic
substances, which would have killed a lesser person.

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 6. Hyper Photographic Memory!

You may have difficulty remembering the exact details of the

late-1970s TV sitcom Taxi, but actress Marilu Henner sure
doesn't. And not just because it was her most notable role, but
rather because she has a condition known as hyperthymesia, or
the ability to recall every tiny, stupid detail from her life going
back decades. Ev-er-y detail.

Marilu is only one of 25 confirmed cases of hyperthymesia,

which allows her to pinpoint the smallest details of her life on
nearly any given day. She told ABC that rifling through her
memory is similar to viewing "little videos moving
simultaneously… When somebody gives me a date or a year or
something, I see all these little movie montages, basically on a

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time continuum, and I’m scrolling through them and flashing
through them."

While some scientists theorize hyperthymesia is the result of an

obsessive-compulsive need to constantly review (and therefore
renew) one's memories, there is also a physiological link in
which the temporal lobe and caudate nucleus of the brain are
found to be enlarged in the afflicted.

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 7. Party Hard and Face No Physical
Consequences!

Why is Ozzy Osbourne still alive? And I ask this question as a fan of
Oz. For someone who has, by his own admission, drank, smoked,
popped, snorted, and injected copious amounts of substances over the
years, why is Osbourne still around when so many similarly inclined
musicians from the past are not?

The answer may be due to his mutant superpowers for partying! Really.
Back in 2010, Ozzy had his genome sequenced and researchers said they
found several gene variants "never seen before." They are, perhaps
unsurprisingly, found in regions of the genome associated with
alcoholism and how the body absorbs methamphetamines and other
recreational drugs.

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 8. No Need For Sleep!

You've always heard that you need eight hours of sleep a night.
And that's good advice—for most people.

After conducting genetic tests on sleep-test participants,

University of California, San Francisco researchers were able to
locate a mother and daughter who share an abnormal copy of a
gene known as DEC2, which affects the circadian rhythm. The
result is they are "short sleepers" who need far less sleep than
the average person, a genetic disposition that may affect as
much as 5 percent of the population.

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 9. Disease Resistance

In the late 1970s, the virus that would later be known as HIV
ravaged the gay community. But one man managed to never get
sick even as boyfriends and acquaintances around him fell to the
then-mysterious ailment.

Stephen Crohn was found to have a "delta 32 mutation," which

protected his CD4 white blood cells from HIV. Due to this small
genetic change (which otherwise had no apparent effects),
Crohn was completely immune to HIV. Within any disease
outbreak, a few individuals in a population are always found to
be immune for one reason or another, and these cases help
scientists describe the disease and devise treatments.

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 10. Leave No Fingerprints

Dubbed "immigration delay disease," adermatoglyphia is a

genetic condition that leaves the "afflicted" without fingerprints.
The trait came to light when a Swiss woman was not able to
enter the United States because of her condition (all non-
residents are required by law to be fingerprinted).

Aside from the frustrations that come with dealing with various
local bureaucracies (and newer fingerprint tech), this rare
condition would certainly be considered a super power to any
would-be criminals.

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 11. BATMAN

Daniel Kish (born 1966 in Montebello, California) is an

American expert in human echolocation and the President of
World Access for the Blind (WAFTB), a California-registered
nonprofit organization founded by Kish in 2000 to facilitate "the
self-directed achievement of people with all forms of blindness"
and increase public
awareness about their
strengths and capabilities.
Kish and his organization
have taught a form of
echolocation to at least 500
blind children around the
world. Kish, who had to
have his eyes removed
before he was 13 months old
because of eye cancer, is the
first totally blind person to
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be a legally Certified Orientation and Mobility Specialist
(COMS) and to hold a National Blindness Professional
Certification (NOMC). He also holds master's degrees in
developmental psychology and special education from
University of California Riverside.
Kish's work has inspired a number of scientific studies related to
human echolocation. In a 2009 study at the University of Alcalá
in Madrid, Spain, ten sighted subjects were taught basic
navigation skills within a few days. The study aimed to analyze
various sounds which can be used to echolocate and evaluate
which were most effective. In another study, MRI brain scans
were taken of Kish and another echolocation expert to identify
the parts of the brain involved in echolocation, with readings
suggesting "that brain structures that process visual information
in sighted people process echo information in blind echolocation
experts."

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