Skyler Ware

Skyler Ware

Live Science Contributor

Skyler Ware is a freelance science journalist covering chemistry, biology, paleontology and Earth science. She was a 2023 AAAS Mass Media Science and Engineering Fellow at Science News. Her work has also appeared in Science News Explores, ZME Science and Chembites, among others. Skyler has a Ph.D. in chemistry from Caltech.

Latest articles by Skyler Ware

An artist's rendering of Kepler 16-b and its two suns

What is the 3-body problem, and is it really unsolvable?

By Skyler Ware published

The three-body problem is a physics conundrum that has boggled scientists since Isaac Newton's day. But what is it, why is it so hard to solve and is the sci-fi series of the same name really possible?

Physics & Mathematics
This illustration shows the Milky Way, our home galaxy.

Does the Milky Way orbit anything?

By Skyler Ware published

Do galaxies, including our own Milky Way, orbit anything in the universe?

Astronomy
A photograph of a birman cat

Massive study of 8,000 cats reveals which breeds live longest

By Skyler Ware published

Birman and Burmese cats live the longest, while Sphynx cats die the youngest, a giant new study of U.K. cats found.

Cats
A view of the far side of Earth's moon.

Why can't we see the far side of the moon?

By Skyler Ware published

Spacecraft have visited and photographed the far side of the moon, but why can't we see it from Earth?

Astronomy
Playful tuxedo cat raising paw showing claws on gray background with copy space.

Why do cats' claws retract but dogs' claws don't?

By Skyler Ware published

Why don't dogs claws retract like felines' do?

Land Mammals
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