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photography DeOldify: a free/open photo-retoucher based on machine learning Cory Doctorow

game theory Fun interactive game theory simulator shows how trust and mistrust evolve Mark Frauenfelder

science fiction After On – a novel of a Silicon Valley startup by Rob Reid Mark Frauenfelder

podcasts Questioning the nature of reality with cognitive scientist Donald Hoffman David McRaney

reality Is this "base reality"? Probably not, say some Andrea James

Science Einstein was right about ripples in spacetime! David Pescovitz

Science Reality check: we know nothing whatsoever about simulating human brains Cory Doctorow

offworld Take an interactive look inside an anxious brain with Neurotic Neurons Laura Hudson

A nerd’s 12 best and worst films from 2014 Ethan Gilsdorf

Games What it's like to be on Jeopardy Glenn Fleishman