- Is this the Justice League’s big, bad villain?
- Man of Steel poster imprisons Superman in handcuffs and lens flare
- What would it take to be Bane? A Dark Knight Rises infographic
- Japan’s new ‘communications robot’ will prevent astronauts from getting lonely in space — by being absolutely adorable
- How to make your voice sound like Darth Vader
- The sci-fi inspired buildings that communism built
- At first glance, The CW’s Wonder Woman show seems to be getting back to Diana’s roots
- Remember that time Willie Nelson and Frank Sinatra teamed up to do a PSA for NASA?
- Your First Look at the Animated Remake of the Soviet Union’s Most Monty Python-esque Movie
- The Top 10 Claims Made by Creationists to Counter Scientific Theories
A examination of politics with the help of superheroes, as well as other cool things
Showing posts with label Science Fiction. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Science Fiction. Show all posts
Sunday, December 9, 2012
io9 Roundup of Superhero, Political and Futurist Articles, Part 8
io9 Roundup of Superhero, Political and Futurist Articles, Part 7
- A world map of average life expectancy by country. How does your nation rank?
- Harry Houdini’s incredible book about home science experiments — free online!
- Mapping Nobel Prizes and Notable Laureates
- Christopher Nolan originally approached Heath Ledger to play Bruce Wayne
- Here’s Stan Lee’s latest sad superhero-based project
- These creatures live in a lake that’s been sealed beneath ice for 2,800 years
- Why we all secretly want the apocalypse to happen
- Watch Dan Harmon’s surprisingly inspirational keynote speech on the death of television
- Name that pair of Superhero underwear
- Science Fiction Under Totalitarian Regimes, Part 2: Tsarist and Soviet Russia
- No, the North Korean government did not claim it found evidence of unicorns
- The Hostess Fruit Pie ad Sandman and the Endless never made
- Serbian village council issues warning that a vampire may be on the loose
- The original Batmobile is going on sale January 19th
- DeLorean taxi takes you to your appointment across town and half an hour ago
- Find out when your house will be overtaken by rising seas
io9 Roundup of Superhero, Political and Futurist Articles, Part 6
- You can now watch the 1940s Fleischer Studios Superman cartoons online
- Cosplaying gentlemen assemble in skimpy versions of male superhero costumes
- Saudi Arabia implements electronic tracking system to monitor women’s movements
- How NASA might build its very first warp drive
- 19 science fiction movies that could change your life
- The Autobots thwart Megatron’s diabolical lunch plans in adorable new Kre-O Transformers short
- Why Smug Atheists Should Read More Science Fiction
- College application fees are a barrier to getting an education
- A Robot That You Can Train to Do Almost Anything
- Cosplayers go wild at Bangalore’s first-ever Comic Con
- A robot overlord’s most dangerous quality is not necessarily malevolence
- SpaceX founder unveils plan to send 80,000 people to Mars
- Terry Gilliam’s newest future dystopia is surprisingly colorful
- Captain Planet returns to kill off the rest of Earth’s human population
- The Ghostbusters finally get gender balanced
io9 Roundup of Superhero, Political and Futurist Articles, Part 5
Today 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.
- A children’s anime series with rainbow-colored, gut-wrenching lessons in ethical philosophy
- How modern technologies made the fighting in Gaza even worse
- Pulp Science Fiction Under German Totalitarianism
- Here’s China’s impossible plan to build the world’s tallest building in a mere 90 days
- The 1965 Macy’s Thanksgiving Day Parade was fucking terrifying
- The Time Mormons Baptized Adolf Hitler and Vlad the Impaler
- The emerging science of ‘collective intelligence’ — and the rise of the global brain
- 5 Historical Myths About Real Scientific Discoveries
- Which Bond villain’s scheme had the greatest chance of financial success?
Saturday, December 8, 2012
io9 Roundup of Superhero, Political and Futurist Articles, Part 4
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.
- Gift Guide: Graphic Novels That Even Non-Comics Fans Will Love to Read
- Retro travel posters for the world’s top cryptozoological hot spots
- The 10 Books You Absolutely Must Read to Understand the History of Earth
- Humans can survive the harsh conditions found on Mars, scientists say
- “Heroes of Science” action figures are light on “action,” heavy on the “heroes”
- Why Marvel’s upcoming “Age of Ultron” may actually be the event that changes everything
- 21 Pictures that Sum Up the Whole History of Science Fiction
- Hitler’s forgotten attempt to build the world’s largest Olympic stadium
- The extremely tentative but potentially triumphant return of Rom: Spaceknight
- Marvel’s Cinematic Universe Mega-Set returns — and a new Thor alternate ending!
- Here are the most futuristic European cities that never existed
- Is this what students in Louisiana are learning about evolution?
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?
Friday, November 30, 2012
The Big Picture Part 2
Today we've got the second part of our roundup of some videos from Bob "MovieBob" Chipman's The Big Picture series about superheroes, politics and related pop culture. Incidentally the last video is the most recent, so if you want more I recommend checking out the rest of the Big Picture videos.
Wednesday, November 7, 2012
Badass Presidents doing Badass Things and Some of the Most Memerable Fictional Presidents
And if you're unhappy with the results, you can take solace that we didn't end up with one of the crazier presidents from comics in this list from ComicBookResources, or maybe one of the various presidents from science fiction from this list from io9.
Saturday, October 20, 2012
io9's 8 Weirdest Real Science Fiction Political Ads
io9 has a list of the 8 weirdest, real life science fiction political ads, and some of them are truly bizarre. You can read the full list here.
Thursday, September 13, 2012
io9's Philosophical Roots of Science Fiction
io9 has an article entitled "The Philosophical Roots of Science Fiction" which examines how science fiction grew out of philosophical discussion. Given that most superheroes have roots in science fiction and that philosophy and politics and never to far apart, I figured I'd link to it here. I hope you guys enjoy it as much as I did.
~James
~James
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