Bacteria in stools could be an unexpected weapon in the fight against cancer LEWIS HOUGHTON/SCIENCE PHOTO LIBRARY For people not responding to a type of cancer treatment, a faecal transplant from someone who had success with the drug could boost their odds. Altering the gut microbiome has knock-on effects on the immune system, which seemed…
A hundred years ago this week, at the height of the quantum revolution, Austrian physicist Erwin Schrödinger submitted a manuscript for publication. Its centerpiece was an innocuous-looking equation that would alter science’s entire conception of reality. Even now the Schrödinger equation remains physicists’ foremost window into the quantum realm. It tells scientists how that strange…
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January 28, 2026 2 min read Add Us On GoogleAdd SciAm Like staying up late? You may be putting yourself at risk of heart problems A study of more than 320,000 people found that night owls are more likely to engage in behaviors that increase the risk of cardiovascular disease such as smoking and sleeping…
In January 2003, physicist Myles Allen watched as floodwaters from the Thames river threatened to seep into his home in Oxford, UK. He wanted to know why meteorologists at the time were refusing to blame climate change for the event. Later that year, Peter Stott, a climate scientist at the UK’s Met Office, arrived in Italy for a summer holiday. But instead of a…
January 28, 2026 2 min read Add Us On GoogleAdd SciAm To safely navigate icy sidewalks, walk like a penguin Icy weather brings a serious risk of falls. Here’s how to stay safe By Meghan Bartels edited by Andrea Thompson Pavlo Gonchar/SOPA Images/LightRocket via Getty Images The recent snow and ice storm turned much of…
The IBM Quantum System Two, which is similar to the machine used to make the new time crystal IBM Research A time crystal more complex than any made before has been created in a quantum computer. Exploring the properties of this unusual quantum setup strengthens the case for quantum computers as machines well-suited for scientific…
A massive reference book of mental health conditions known as the “bible” of psychiatry is going to change. The fifth and current version of the Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders (DSM) lists nearly 300 distinct conditions that mental health care providers can diagnose and treat. But this dictionary of disorders has long been…
An artist’s illustration of life in Earth’s oceans at the time of the Huayuan biota Dinghua Yang An extraordinary 512-million-year-old fossil site has been discovered in southern China, preserving in vivid detail almost an entire ecosystem from a time shortly after Earth’s first mass extinction event. The fossils date from the Cambrian period, which began…
January 28, 2026 2 min read Add Us On GoogleAdd SciAm JWST spots most distant galaxy ever, pushing the limits of the observable universe The galaxy MoM-z14 could offer clues to what the universe looked like in its early infancy By Jackie Flynn Mogensen edited by Claire Cameron The farthest galaxy ever detected, MoM-z14. NASA/ESA/CSA/STScI/Rohan…
