webcomics The Oatmeal looks into our reality tunnels, the "backfire effect," and the nature of belief Gareth Branwyn

video Are you really the universe itself? Alan Watts set to film clips Andrea James

Science Watson for Oncology isn't an AI that fights cancer, it's an unproven mechanical turk that represents the guesses of a small group of doctors Cory Doctorow

documentary New documentary is a magic portal into a weird and wonderful library Ferdinando Buscema

Business Amazon is the poster child for everything wrong with post-Reagan anti-trust enforcement Cory Doctorow

iot Smart cities are as stupid as the people who make them Cory Doctorow

Comics Interview with Alan Moore about science, imagination, and time David Pescovitz

History The arc of history is long, but how do we bend it? Cory Doctorow

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

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

psychology Why you often believe people who see the world differently are wrong David McRaney

The surprising history of hippy crack Linda Rodriguez

science fiction Describing the indescribable with Jeff Vandermeer Peter Mendelsund

Borg Like Me Gareth Branwyn

Science Climate change and earthquakes: It's complicated Maggie Koerth