Wes Phillips

It's not all riches and gorgeous readers, you know.

God help me, I knew all four of the factoids that open the article.

Dragonflies migrate. Who knew?

I tend not to link to the NYT because I think their paid-portal policy on their name pundits is dumb—essentially removing them from the public discourse. Then again, considering what many of those "names" write, they may have done the public a favor there.

Researchers in Italy are transforming the seismic rumblings of volcanoes into musical scores in an attempt to predict eruptions.

Han van Meegeren faced a quandary: To prove his innocence and escape the death penalty, he'd have to confess to crimes that had netted him $60 million.

Professional photographer Teenie Harris photographed Pittsburgh comprehensively—particularly focusing on African-American life for his employer The Pittsburgh Courier. This archive is 1400 pictures strong and more will be added every week until all 3600 are up.