Australian Prime Minister Pooks Fun at Mayan Doomsday Predictions

The Australian Prime Minister Julia Gillard has recorded a tongue-in-cheek video for Australia's Triple J radio warning Australians about impending doom from things like zombies and K-pop. The full video can be seen below.

io9 Roundup of Superhero, Political and Futurist Articles, Part 2

This weekend we've got a roundup of recent, relevant, and few just really cool, articles from the science, science fiction and fantasy blog io9.com. Stay tuned for all the parts.

• Thousands of Australian students are taught that Robots led the Russian Revolution
• This is the most accurate American election map we’ve seen yet
• A first: An electric car has been awarded Motor Trend’s top prize
• 20 Essential Books About the Next Step in Human Evolution
• An Open Letter to the President: US physics education is crap. Let’s fix it.
• Could this immortal hydra polyp inspire advanced rejuvenation therapies for humans?
• The Weirdest Monuments Of The Communist Era That Are Still Standing 
• Which species stand to benefit the most from global warming? 
• What are the worst pseudoscientific myths you ever learned from pop culture? 
• Iron Man concept art shows Tony Stark’s gadgets that we never saw 
• You could own the original sketch that transformed Jack Nicholson into the Joker!
• Could there be life in Earth’s Stratosphere?