io9 Roundup of Superhero, Political and Futurist Articles, Part 8

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.

• 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

io9 Roundup of Superhero, Political and Futurist Articles, Part 3

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.

• Watch the first trailer for the Alan Moore-scripted movie Jimmy’s End 
• Remembering Neft Dashlari, Stalin’s utopian ocean city made from oil and steel
• Einstein’s brain was definitely not like the others, scientists say
• When does an animal count as a person?
• The Women of Marvel as James Bond Cover Girls 
• Infamous TV pitch Gotham High gets fake trailer
• Despite his own mental illness, Nikola Tesla advocated eugenics for the year 2100
• SNL reveals what happens when Hawkeye runs out of arrows 
• Roger Ebert Recounts That One Time His Misogynistic Editor Asked Him to Stop Reviewing Movies with Strong Female Leads 
• How materials scientists are about to change the very fabric of the world
• The world’s most beautiful gardens are miracles of geoengineering

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?