SHERP Library

SHERP-trained journalists go deep. Here’s a selection of major projects — books, podcast series, and documentaries — undertaken by our graduates and faculty in recent years.

 
The inner clock cover
Book | September 24, 2024
The Inner Clock
Living in Sync With Our Circadian Rhythms
Lynne Peeples
SHERP 2009
tested
Podcast | August 11, 2024
Tested
The Long History of Sex Testing in Sports
Rose Eveleth
SHERP 2011
the world as you'll know it cover
Podcast | July 9, 2024
The World As You’ll Know It
The Great Rebuild
Arielle Duhaime-Ross
SHERP 2013
How our planet came to life cover
Book | June 25, 2024
Becoming Earth
How Our Planet Came to Life
Ferris Jabr
SHERP 2010
code dependent cover
Book | June 18, 2024
Code Dependant
Living in the Shadow of AI
Madhumita Murgia
SHERP 2011
scarcity brain cover
Book | September 26, 2023
Scarcity Brain
Fix Your Craving Mindset and Rewire Your Habits to Thrive with Enough
Michael Easter
SHERP 2010
I feel love cover
Book | June 6, 2023
I Feel Love
MDMA and the Quest for Connection in a Fractured World
Rachel Nuwer
Adjunct Faculty
little black hole cover
Book | May 9, 2023
Little Black Hole
Molly Webster
SHERP 2007
whale fall cover
Book | March 14, 2023
Whale Fall
Exploring an Ocean-Floor Ecosystem
Melissa Stewart
SHERP 1991
darwin's love cover
Book | October 25, 2022
Darwin’s Love of Life
A Singular Case of Biophilia
Karen Harel
SHERP 1989
the tower of life cover
Book | October 4, 2022
The Tower of Life
How Yaffa Eliach Rebuilt Her Town in Stories and Photographs
Chana Freiman Stiefel
SHERP 1991
kids who aren't assholes cover
Book | June 21, 2022
How to Raise Kids Who Aren’t Assholes
Science-based Strategies for Better Parenting -- From Tots to Teens
Melinda Wenner Moyer
Adjunct Faculty
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Book | May 17, 2022
Been There, Done That
A Rousing History of Sex
Rachel Feltman
SHERP 2013
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Podcast | October 5, 2021
How it Happened: The Next Astronauts
Follow the first all-civilian space crew as they prepare for their historic mission.
Miriam Kramer
SHERP 2012
gonads cover
Podcast | August 5, 2021
Gonads
A Journey Deep Into the Parts of Us That Let Us Make More of Us
Molly Webster
SHERP 2007
sexplanation cover
Documentary | June 7, 2021
A Sexplanation
Alex Finally Gets a Sex Education, No Matter How Awkward
Alex Liu
SHERP 2010
comfort crisis cover
Book | May 11, 2021
The Comfort Crisis
Embrace Discomfort to Reclaim Your Wild, Happy, Healthy Self
Michael Easter
SHERP 2010
flash forward cover
Book | April 20, 2021
Flash Forward
An Illustrated Guide to Possible (and Not So Possible) Tomorrows
Rose Eveleth
SHERP 2011
Book | April 6, 2021
Hawking Hawking
The Selling of a Scientific Celebrity
Charles Seife
Professor
nonfiction writers dig deep cover
Book | November 6, 2020
Nonfiction Writers Dig Deep
50 Award-Winning Children’s Book Authors Share the Secret of Engaging Writing
Melissa Stewart
SHERP 1991
breath from salt cover
Book | September 8, 2020
Breath from Salt
A Deadly Genetic Disease, a New Era in Science, and the Patient and Families Who Changed Medicine Forever
Bijal Trivedi
SHERP 1998
poached cover
Book | September 25, 2018
Poached
Inside the Dark World of Wildlife Trafficking
Rachel Nuwer
Adjunct Faculty
beyond beautiful cover
Book | January 2, 2018
Beyond Beautiful
Using the Power of Your Mind and Aesthetic Breakthroughs to Look Naturally Young and Radiant
Doris Day
SHERP 1987
fastpitch cover
Book | April 4, 2017
Fastpitch
The Untold History of Softball and the Women Who Made the Game
Erica Westly
SHERP 2007