Kate Wong

Feb 9, 2025 | nexusnewsfeed.com | Kate Wong

DNA inherited from Neandertals may influence modern human cognitionWhen Neandertals were first discovered nearly 170 years ago, the conceptual gap between their lineage and thatof modern humans seemed vast. Initially scientists prejudicially believed that the Neandertals were primitive brutes hardly more intelligent than apes and that their lack of advanced thinking had doomed them to extinction.

Nov 5, 2024 | brnw.ch | Kate Wong

On a cloudy afternoon of 4th October, we had the opportunity to speak with Cat Nelson, the newly appointed Editor of PostMag, South China Morning Post (SCMP). Based in Asia for over a decade, the US native recently relocated to Hong Kong to lead the refreshed look and direction of the newspaper’s Sunday magazine.

Jul 6, 2024 | livescience.com | Kate Wong

Paul Saladino is stripped to the waist, biceps bulging as he works a butcher's saw back and forth across a cow femur. When he finally severs the bone, a crowd of onlookers erupts in cheers. Flashing a smile, he checks to make sure he's being filmed, then scoops a spoonful of marrow from the center of one piece of bone. He then deposits it in the mouth of an eager young woman like a priest giving communion.

Jun 25, 2024 | scientificamerican.com | Kate Wong

Paul Saladino is stripped to the waist, biceps bulging as he works a butcher’s saw back and forth across a cow femur. When he finally severs the bone, a crowd of onlookers erupts in cheers. Flashing a smile, he checks to make sure he’s being filmed, then scoops a spoonful of marrow from the center of one piece of bone. He then deposits it in the mouth of an eager young woman like a priest giving communion.

Apr 25, 2024 | scientificamerican.com | Kate Wong

It’s springtime in the Northern Hemisphere, and one of nature’s greatest spectacles is unfolding: the migration of billions of birds to their breeding grounds. They’ve spent the winter in balmier locales to the south, getting fat on insects, seeds, fruits and aquatic plants and prey. Now they’re winging their way north to establish territories, find mates and raise their young.