Monthly Archives: June 2026

A Chimpanzee Who Can Read and Spell — And We Can Prove It

Posted on June 18, 2026 by Aya Katz

His name is Bow. He is a male chimpanzee, now in his mid-twenties, who has lived his entire life as the subject of a language acquisition study on a small farm in Missouri. He was never taught to use symbols … Continue reading →

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U.S. Ban on Sale of AI to Foreign Nationals Violates 1st Amendment Rights

Posted on June 14, 2026 by Aya Katz

Analysis for Legal Researchers and Practitioners The recent U.S. Department of Commerce Bureau of Industry and Security (BIS) directive restricting Anthropic’s access to its most advanced AI models—Claude Fable 5 and Claude Mythos 5—for foreign nationals (including those inside the … Continue reading →

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Better than a Monarch for Milkweed: The Great Spangled Fritillary

Posted on June 4, 2026 by Aya Katz

It’s the Great Spangled Fritillary Who Actually Helps the Plant In an earlier post on PubWages, “The Monarch Butterfly and the Thistle Flower”, I shared how I finally got good photos of a Monarch — but not on milkweed. It was … Continue reading →

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