The 19th-century book was available to anyone who asked for it for any reason until recently, according to the Ivy League school Getty Harvard University announced Wednesday that it had removed human ...

Harvard’s recent decision to remove the binding of a notorious volume in its library has thrown fresh light on a shadowy corner of the rare book world. By Jennifer Schuessler and Julia Jacobs See more ...

Harvard's library removed a human skin binding from a book in its collection. The book has been in Harvard's library since 1934. The book is said to be bound with the skin of a deceased psychiatric ...

NPR's Scott Simon talks to climate scientist Kate Marvel about her new book, "Human Nature." It's a look at our changing planet through the lens of nine very human emotions. Kate Marvel, the climate ...

Harvard University announced Wednesday that it removed the human skin binding from a gruesome book in its library. The book, called Des destinées de l’âme, was published in the 1880s by French author ...

CLEVELAND, Ohio - Cleveland Public Library has a book in its collection that has long been rumored to be bound by human skin. Now it’s trying to find out for sure. An edition of the Koran that the ...

Anthropologist and author Jason De León said the problem with the topic of migration is that people "pedal these very simplistic stories — and it's a very complex issue." Subscribe to read this story ...

On a special episode (first released on June 25, 2025) of The Excerpt podcast: As the earth continues to warm, how will mankind respond? Is it in our nature to act? Author and climate scientist Kate ...

The Harvard Library announced Wednesday it removed a human skin binding from a 19th century book that has been in the building for decades. “Des Destinées de l’Ame,” a book written in the 1880s by ...

From Delco to Chesco and Montco to Bucks, what about life in Philly’s suburbs do you want WHYY News to cover? Let us know! The Denmark-based Human Library — that’s “Menneskebiblioteket” in Danish — ...