Wes Phillips

Virtual Mice Brains

Wes Phillips Jul 12, 2007 First Published: Jul 12, 2007

"A multi-institutional consortium including Duke University has created startlingly crisp 3-D microscopic views of tiny mouse brains—unveiled layer by layer—by extending the capabilities of conventional magnetic resonance imaging."

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"I've Never Got Over It"

Wes Phillips Jul 12, 2007 First Published: Jul 12, 2007

Harry Patch, the last survivor of Passchendaele, did something 500,000 of his mates didn't: He survived the three months of carnage. He's the last WWI Tommy.

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Jumping the Shark

Wes Phillips Jul 12, 2007 First Published: Jul 12, 2007

On the eve of the release of The Simpsons movie, Ian Jones explains when and why the TV show began to suck (he says it was in season 9, 1997). Will the movie reflect the glory of the first eight seasons or will it disappoint? The trailers have not embiggened my enthusiasm.

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Doug Marlette

Wes Phillips Jul 11, 2007 First Published: Jul 11, 2007

I loved Doug Marlette. His political cartoons were so sharp that I almost always laughed out loud—even when he slaughtered some of my sacred cows. I suppose that's one of the signs of really good political humor, since all of us can laugh at the other side's foibles.

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Hitchcock's America

Wes Phillips Jul 11, 2007 First Published: Jul 11, 2007

It was a fascinating place—but it was his. Other than comic books, a Hitchcock film is the only place where it makes sense for a wrongfully accused man to have to catch the real villian. Yet, the plots were never the point, were they?

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I Have Suspected This For Years

Wes Phillips Jul 11, 2007 First Published: Jul 11, 2007

Some music really does suck—um, create a differential affect gap.

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Sentence Sensibility

Wes Phillips Jul 11, 2007 First Published: Jul 11, 2007

The New York Times has a dating column? The things you miss if you don't buy the Sunday Getting & Having edition.

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The Oops File

Wes Phillips Jul 10, 2007 First Published: Jul 10, 2007

Mistakes—we all make 'em. Why, just yesterday a kindly friend corrected my typo "Little Deuce Coop" before it appeared in print under my byline. But what if your oops involves a thermonuclear device?

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Space Invaders—Live

Wes Phillips Jul 10, 2007 First Published: Jul 10, 2007

Someday I'll grow up, but until then I find this hilarious.

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The World's Most Dangerous Element

Wes Phillips Jul 10, 2007 First Published: Jul 10, 2007

A nuclear physicist reviews Plutonium: A History of the World's Most Dangerous Element, arguing that understanding the element could help us construct a rational policy for dealing with its dangers.