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cancer Love, loss, and Carrie Fisher’s lamp Gina Loukareas

art Watch Iranian artist Ali Akbar Beigi apply finishing touches to a hyper-realistic oil painting Xeni Jardin

makers Thinking back on the special magic of Make: and Maker Faire Gareth Branwyn

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fake news Scientology hell, Hollywood destroyed, and Prince Charles’ illegal marriage, in this week’s dubious tabloids Peter Sheridan

experience economies The College of Extraordinary Experiences transforms you in the most mind-blowing way Ferdinando Buscema

art The Weird of Wendy Pini Rob Beschizza

first days of a better nation No one's coming – it's up to us: it's past time for technologists to be responsible to society Dan Hon

Southern Reach Trilogy The Strange Bird – an excerpt from Jeff VanderMeer's new Borne story Jeff VanderMeer

obits Mandy Johnson, 1953-2015 Rob Beschizza

News Tabloid roundup: Obama's real birth certificate, a spy in the White House, murder charges for an aging star, and more! Peter Sheridan

halloween The Candy Hierarchy for 2016: Halloween's best and worst treats David Ng and Ben Cohen

happy mutants Augmented Reality is a Massively Multiplayer Online world Raph Koster

science fiction The Android’s Prehistoric Menagerie A Merc Rustad

offworld I can't believe how much I like this visual novel about playing Starcraft 2 Laura Hudson

lemony snicket A Series of Unfortunate Questions for Daniel Handler Mark Dery

Games Nintendo President Satoru Iwata, who launched Wii, dies of cancer at 55 Xeni Jardin

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makers The future of manufacturing will happen on your desktop Erin Lynch