Wes Phillips

In Hucklebery's case, it's deceptive. He's not really a thinker, that cat.

. . . And the single-Maltites. It's all about the angels' share.

Bill Bruford ponders his place at the top of the food chain.

A partially mummified hadrosaur has been discovered in North Dakota. It's probably the most complete dinosaur ever found—it even has intact skin (with stripes) and possibly even soft tissue. But does it have a head? The head's the best part!

PBS has posted a site dedicated to Nikola Tesla, my candidate for coolest scientist ever. Among other things, it includes a virtual tour o the Niagara Falls electrical generating plant and a fascinating hint that Strategic Defense Initiative (SDI) was created out of fear that the USSR had perfected his charged-particle beam weapon (you see, there's this huge controversy over what happened to his papers after his death).

There's a hops shortage!

Of course they should—wasn't that the core of George Smiley's appeal?James Bond may be fun to watch, but he'd never really last in the field.