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☆ Harvard Says It's Removed Human Skin From Binding of 19th Century Book
  + stars: | 2024-03-30 | by ( Associated Press | March | At P.M. | ) www.usnews.com   time to read: +3 min
(AP) — Harvard University said it has removed human skin from the binding of a 19th century book about the afterlife that has been in its collections since the 1930s. Scientific analysis done in 2014 confirmed the binding was made of human skin, the university said. In its statement, Harvard said the library noted several ways in which its stewardship practices failed to meet its ethical standards. The removed skin is now in “secure storage at Harvard Library,” Anne-Marie Eze, Houghton Library associate librarian, said in the question-and-answer session. Harvard said the skin removal was prompted by a library review following a Harvard University report on human remains in its museum collections, released in 2022.
Persons: Des, ”, Arsène Houssaye, Ludovic Bouland, Harvard, Bouland, Thomas Hyry, ” Harvard, ” Anne, Marie Eze Organizations: — Harvard University, Houghton Library, Houghton, Harvard Library, Harvard University, “ Harvard Library, Harvard Museum Locations: CAMBRIDGE, French
☆ Harvard Removes Binding of Human Skin From Book in Its Library
  + stars: | 2024-03-27 | by ( Jennifer Schuessler | Julia Jacobs | ) www.nytimes.com   time to read: +1 min
Of the roughly 20 million books in Harvard University’s libraries, one has long exerted a unique dark fascination, not for its contents, but for the material it was reputedly bound in: human skin. For years, the volume — a 19th-century French treatise on the human soul — was brought out for show and tell, and sometimes, according to library lore, used to haze new employees. In 2014, the university drew jokey news coverage around the world with the announcement that it had used new technology to confirm that the binding was in fact human skin. But on Wednesday, after years of criticism and debate, the university announced that it had removed the binding and would be exploring options for “a final respectful disposition of these human remains.”“After careful study, stakeholder engagement, and consideration, Harvard Library and the Harvard Museum Collections Returns Committee concluded that the human remains used in the book’s binding no longer belong in the Harvard Library collections, due to the ethically fraught nature of the book’s origins and subsequent history,” the university said in a statement.
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☆ Fact Check-No evidence a 50-foot snake exists
  + stars: | 2023-04-10 | by ( Reuters Fact Check | ) www.reuters.com   time to read: +2 min
According to experts, the longest snakes recorded have reached lengths of around 20 feet. “I have never heard of an extant (currently living) species of snake that can grow this long. Smithsonian Magazine reported that boas can be up to 14-feet-long and anacondas could exceed 20 feet ( bit.ly/3U5K9kf ). The Natural History Museum of London says on its website that the reticulated python reaches sizes over 20 feet. The biggest snakes recorded are up to 20 feet long, according to experts.
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