May 1, 2001

Off the Shelf

Recent books with a Harvard accent

As weight loss medications become more common, Daniel Lieberman discusses the importance of preserving muscle.

There’s a growing movement to curb light pollution. It starts on your front porch.

An animal’s journey from grief to love shows how much humans need each other, too.

Harvard graduate and NASCAR racer Patrick Staropoli on pedals, attention, and fearlessness.

Nobel Prize recipient Joseph E. Murray dedicated much of his career to organ transplant surgery.

Harvard scientists identify hundreds of genes under selective pressure.