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Why Scorsese's still got it.

Neuroscience meets linguistics when Stanislas Dehaene studies how our minds decode language.

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Dicing up Julie Powell's newest culinary obsession.

A review of Up in the Air and why love will destroy you.

Dominic Pacyga talks with Wunderkammer about his new book, Chicago: A Biography.

David Warren reviews The Film Club by David Gilmour.