Wes Phillips

Why is the mammal ear more complex than the reptile ear?

It's the small wildcats that naturalists are all excited about.

Smithsonian on girl groups.

Freud was no saint? Interesting—but how does that make you feel?

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According to Ephraim Lytle, far too much. I haven't seen the movie, but I have to admit I'm disturbed at the shoddy treatment of Demophilus' 700 Thespians, who heroically refused to withdraw with the rest of the Greek forces, and died with the Spartans.

The Chronicle of Higher Education makes the case that Idol's popularity reflects "a hunger for realistic evaluation."