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The evolution of Sherlock Holmes

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Robert Downey Jr., who stars in the new movie “Sherlock Holmes,” takes on the iconic role — how he compares to other great Holmes of the past.

Why is “Psycho” so scary?

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Affenpinscher Named Banana Joe Wins Westminster Dog Show

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Limited Healthcare Resources Complicate Pregnancy for Teens in Liberia

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Sherlock Holmes as Hamlet

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Robert Downey Jr., who stars in the new movie Sherlock Holmes: A Game of Shadows, is the latest actor to take on this iconic role. Guy Ritchie, the film’s director, says Holmes’ persona is an even divide between enigma and accessibility.

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Sherlock Holmes as Hamlet

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Robert Downey Jr., who stars in the new movie “Sherlock Holmes,” is the latest actor to take on this iconic role. Guy Ritchie, the film’s director, says Holmes’ persona is an even divide between enigma and accessibility. WNYC’s Sarah Montague traces the character’s evolution and reveals how Holmes keeps changing to suit the times.

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Introducing Norman Bates

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Throughout the 1950s, reports of sex crime and pathological murder rattled America. ‘Psycho’ both exploits and ‘explains’ one such murder, but the movie’s real legacy is that Hitchcock makes us care so much about a deranged killer. From Studio 360.

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Not losing his religion

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He was the godfather of science writing. Sir Thomas Browne’s exacting observations and gorgeous prose anticipated modern science writers like Rachel Carson, Stephen Jay Gould, and Oliver Sacks. But Browne lived in the 1600s, and his way of reconciling the scriptures with science looks surprisingly like what we call “intelligent design.” Produced by Sarah Montague […]

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Sadie the Scottish Terrier wins Westminster Dog Show

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For show dogs, it all came down to last night’s results. After weeks of grooming, pampering and prepping, the officials at the Westminster Dog Show declared Sadie, a four-year-old Scottish Terrier, the ‘Best in Show.’