Prefer Newsweek on Google to see more of our trusted coverage when you search. Australian doctors are now using a miniature version of Thor's hammer Mjolnir to perform surgery. A hospital in Wagga ...

Mjolnir has become as recognizable a character in the Marvel Cinematic Universe as the god who wields it, and the enchanted hammer has gone through almost as many ups and downs as Thor over the years.

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