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A deft, original game that combines throwback imagery with physical gameplay�its very simplicity demonstrating the power of game development. Video after the jump.

A normal, cyclical change in continental air pressure gradients has the world turned upside-down.

New understandings of ecosystems bring network administration to bear on the problems of natural resources management. Through networks we seek the domestication not only of ourselves, but of nature itself.

The Internet doesn't want you to think about it too much, but you never really know what you're looking for. Evoking the presence of 17th-century savant John Dee, Scryberspace cracks open the search experience.

A shameless plug for an upcoming science fiction epic: it will feature narwhals, neural hacking, uncanny wearable computers, and mayhem on the ice. And it will be told in tweets.

Julian Smith: don't you ever interrupt me while I'm reading a book. Video after the jump.

The godlike vision granted by our far-flung sensors.

In a stirring piece for The Atlantic, Alexis Madrigal reports on Tunisian authorities' attempts to steal the passwords of Facebook users�and comments on what such a move means for the Internet's role as a means of fomenting political change.

Pope Benedict says the Internet is okay�as long as you don't post under a pseudonym.

Musically, our gadgets and everyday objects are like secret household gods. Video after the jump.