Articles by

Skyler Ware

Limiting sugar in infancy reduces the risk of diabetes and hypertension

The occasional sweet treat likely won’t ruin your health. But too much added sugar at a young...

Reactive dust from Great Salt Lake may have health consequences

Dust pollution is known to contribute to asthma and heart and lung disease. But dust blowing from...

Old books can have unsafe levels of chromium, but readers’ risk is low

Old books can be beautiful to look at. But handle with care — they just might be...

Tycho Brahe dabbled in alchemy. Broken glassware is revealing his recipes

Artifacts from the ruins of a medieval laboratory are spilling a famous scientist’s secrets. A chemical analysis...

This intricate maze connects the dots on quasicrystal surfaces

This maze of jagged curls looks like something out of the world’s hardest puzzle book. How...

Tiny saunas help frogs fight off chytrid fungus

Frogs fighting a deadly fungal infection could get a boost from tiny brick saunas. By spending time...

These are the chemicals that give teens pungent body odor

Puberty changes just about everything. Bodies get taller, muscles get stronger — and often, body odor becomes...