Kate Wong

1 week ago | africanelephantjournal.com | Caitlin O’Connell |Kate Wong

By Caitlin O’Connell edited by Kate Wong – Scientific AmericanI woke up in the research tower to a soft exhale and then a trickle of water at the waterhole below. The full moon hung low and dim in the west. I squinted at my watch. It was 4 A.M. I wondered which of my elephant study subjects had come to drink at this hour.

1 month ago | scientificamerican.com | Kate Wong

Kanzi the bonobo, who learned how to communicate with humans using symbols, has died at the age of 44. Raised and kept in captivity, Kanzi was the subject of many studies aimed at illuminating ape cognition and the origins of human language and tool use. Why It MattersKanzi was not the first great ape to learn how to communicate with humans using symbols. Koko the gorilla and Washoe the chimpanzee learned signs that were adapted from American Sign Language.

2 months ago | 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.