Skyler Ware

Skyler Ware is the 2023 AAAS Mass Media Fellow with Science News. She is a fifth-year Ph.D. student at Caltech, where she studies chemical reactions that use or create electricity. Her writing has appeared in ZME Science and the Council for the Advancement of Science Writing’s New Horizons Newsroom, among other outlets.

All Stories by Skyler Ware

  1. Health & Medicine

    New study links chemical in plastics to fatal heart disease

    More than one in eight deaths from heart disease in older adults is being linked to DEHP. The plastic chemical appears to play a role in many other health issues, too.

  2. Chemistry

    Newfound ‘anti-spice’ compounds tame chili peppers’ heat

    Five compounds make some chili peppers taste less spicy than others. Scientists are still figuring out why.

  3. Tech

    This 3-D printed robot runs on air, not electricity

    The soft, flexible robot can cover uneven ground and even walk underwater.

  4. Planets

    Mars’ rust suggests it was once wet — and its seas frigid

    Mars may once have held enough water to fill oceans and form coastlines. And the planet’s red dust hints that its seas would have been quite frigid.

  5. Plants

    Microbes give plants a way to make ‘meaty’ nutrients

    Enzymes from animals helped a test plant make two nutrients essential for a balanced diet. Normally, those nutrients would only be found in meat.

  6. Chemistry

    Behold the world’s thinnest pasta

    Made from white flour and formic acid, the nanofibers average just 370 nanometers across. That’s two-hundredths the thickness of a human hair.

  7. Animals

    Balmy ‘saunas’ help frogs fend off a deadly fungus 

    Hanging out in small sun-warmed hideaways could help some frogs resist deadly chytrid fungus, a new study finds.

  8. Fossils

    Young fossil hunters discover rare teen T. rex

    In public view, scientists at the Denver Museum of Nature and Science will prepare the fossil for display. Their work will take about a year.

  9. Chemistry

    Here’s why teens’ body odor can be especially strong

    The body odors of teens and younger kids share dozens of chemicals in common. But teens have some that infants and toddlers appear to lack.

  10. Environment

    To limit pollution, new recipe makes plastic a treat for microbes

    Microplastics made from fossil fuels take centuries to disappear. But the plant- and algae-based plastic can break down in weeks to months.

  11. Earth

    Earthquake sensor: Taylor Swift fans ‘Shake It Off’

    Scientists determined dancing fans were behind the seismic waves recorded during Swift’s August concerts.

  12. Tech

    How to prevent the robot replication apocalypse

    Today’s bot-building robots aren’t set on world domination. But scientists and philosophers want to keep future tech in check.