Yahoo! News: Gorilla Seeks Help Using Sign Language. “About a month ago, Koko, a 300-plus-pound ape who became famous for mastering more than 1,000 signs, began telling her handlers at the Gorilla Foundation in Woodside she was in pain. They quickly constructed a pain chart, offering Koko a scale from one to 10. When Koko started pointing to nine or 10 too often, a dental appointment was made. And because anesthesia would be involved, her handlers used the opportunity to give Koko a head-to-toe exam.”

Popular Science -lehdellä on hyvin kirjoitettu artikkeli Tech ’54, Where Are You?, jossa lehden toimittaja elää kymmenen päivää vuodessa 1954, ajassa ilman keinokuituja ja postinumeroita. Ja kuten toimittajakin huomaa, 1954 oli hyvä vuosi; isäni syntyi silloin.