Police Plan to use Internet to Find and Stop Mass Shooters

The New York Police Department is examining ways to use the Internet to identify potential "deranged" gunmen before they cause devastating attacks. The full article can be read here.

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 1

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.

• The weirdest political messages in the history of comics (Probably the best article of the list)
• 12 Facepalm Moments When U.S. Politicians Talked About Science and Technology
• Science Fiction’s Presidents Of The 21st Century 
• Who destroyed the White House best? (Includes both historical and fictional examples)
• Lavie Tidhar’s Osama wins World Fantasy Award
• Environmental Laws: A Defense Against Zombies?
• Alternate history maps of the 2012 US presidential election
• Franklin Delano Roosevelt probably didn’t have polio after all
• Do science fiction writers have “expertise” on future developments in science? 
• Futurist Magazine unveils its predictions for 2013 and beyond
• Are satellite orbits being compromised by global warming?
• What happens to women denied abortions? This is the first scientific study to find out.
• Are humans getting dumber?
• The U.S. will become energy independent by 2035 — but at what cost?