An in-depth look at cognitive scientist Steven Pinker's book Rationality: What it is, Why it seems Scarce, Why it Matters

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Beyoncé is incredibly popular. What makes her music resonate so deeply with people?

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Twenty questions to help us think more carefully about films - or to use in film discussion evenings.

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A New Testament scholar reviews Dan Brown's novel The Da Vinci Code.

When newspaper columnist Steve Lopez (Robert Downey Jr.) meets homeless, schizophrenic Juilliard-dropout Nathaniel Anthony Ayers Jr. (Jamie…