HealthNovember 20, 2001
Cystic Fibrosis Study Points to Potential Treatment
Stories by Kate Wong
Kate Wong is an award-winning science writer and senior editor for features at Scientific American, where she has focused on evolution, ecology, anthropology, archaeology, paleontology and animal behavior. She is fascinated by human origins, which she has covered for nearly 30 years. Recently she has become obsessed with birds. Her reporting has taken her to caves in France and Croatia that Neandertals once called home to the shores of Kenya’s Lake Turkana in search of the oldest stone tools in the world, as well as to Madagascar on an expedition to unearth ancient mammals and dinosaurs, the icy waters of Antarctica, where humpback whales feast on krill, and a “Big Day” race around the state of Connecticut to find as many bird species as possible in 24 hours. Wong is co-author, with Donald Johanson, of Lucy’s Legacy: The Quest for Human Origins. She holds a bachelor of science degree in biological anthropology and zoology from the University of Michigan. Follow her on Bluesky @katewong.bsky.social
EnvironmentNovember 15, 2001
Chilly She-Male Snakes Trick Other Males into Warming Them Up
November 14, 2001
Malaria and Cancer Cells Yield to the Same Garlic Compounds
EvolutionNovember 8, 2001
Ancient Bone Tools Suggest Modern Human Behavior Has African Roots
November 5, 2001
Scientists Find an Antimicrobial Protein in Human Sweat
EvolutionNovember 2, 2001
Researchers Reconstruct the Rise of the Woolly Mammoth
EnvironmentNovember 1, 2001
Desert-Dwelling Beetle Sports a Fog-Collecting Coat
Space & PhysicsOctober 31, 2001
NASA Engineers Develop Bulldozer Rover for Use on Mars
The SciencesOctober 30, 2001
High-Speed X-Ray Pulses Could Capture Atoms in Action
TechnologyOctober 29, 2001
Puffer Fish Genome Should Shed Light on Our Own
EvolutionOctober 26, 2001
Paleontologists Unearth Colossal Cretaceous Crocodile in Niger
EnvironmentOctober 24, 2001
Female Chimps Less Promiscuous Than Previously Thought
EvolutionOctober 19, 2001
Fossils Suggest Lemurs May Have Asian, Not African, Roots
HealthOctober 17, 2001
HIV Attacks Both Experienced and Naive T Cells
The SciencesOctober 16, 2001
DNA Analysis Supports Syrian Origin for Remains Attributed to the Evangelist Luke
EnvironmentOctober 12, 2001
Magnetic Fields Guide Turtle Hatchlings across the Ocean and Back
October 11, 2001
Newly Discovered Sperm Protein Could Inspire Unisex Contraceptive
HealthOctober 10, 2001
Misdiagnoses of Appendicitis on the Rise
EvolutionOctober 10, 2001
Paleontologists Assess T. rex Sue's Pathologies
Space & PhysicsOctober 9, 2001
Distant Astronomical Object May Be Galaxy Building Block
EvolutionOctober 4, 2001
Scientists Confirm Great Antiquity of Sophisticated Cave Art
October 3, 2001
Scientists Successfully Clone an Endangered Mammal
TechnologyOctober 2, 2001
Researchers Identify Anthrax Resistance Gene in Mice
EvolutionOctober 1, 2001
Finding Homo sapiens' Lost Relatives
Continuing a family tradition, Meave G. Leakey uncovers the skeletons in your closet