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6 April 2024

Issue 3485

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PPN7WJ Cologne, Germany. 27th Sep 2018. 27 September 2018, North Rhine-Westphalia, Cologne: Visitors to the Supercandy Pop-Up Museum make selfies in a ball bath. Until 30.12.2018 the 20 walk-in installations can be seen and experienced in the

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Banning smartphones is tempting but it won't solve anxiety in children

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Mandatory Credit: Photo by Hollandse Hoogte/Shutterstock (13675506l) 2022-05-12 13:37:22 THE HAGUE - Graduating students during their exams at a secondary school. Due to the corona crisis, the exams are taking place in a modified form.Due to corona, students are also allowed to take an extra resit this school year and spread their exams over two periods. KOEN VAN WEEL netherlands out - belgium out Secondary Education Final Exams in Modified Form Starts, Hague, Netherlands - 12 May 2022

Mind

The surprising benefits of anxiety and how you could harness them

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A single man sits in amongst empty chairs and thinks before a group therapy session

Health

The new evidence that explains what anxiety really is

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Five scientific ways to help reduce feelings of anxiety

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2PMHEF7 Panoramic aerial of Pitcairn island, British Overseas Territory, South Pacific, Pacific

Environment

How the infamous Pitcairn Island became a model of ocean conservation

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LONDON, ENGLAND - FEBRUARY 14: Students take part in a climate strike demo on February 14, 2020 in London, England. The school strike for climate is an international event movement of school students who take time off from class on Fridays to participate in demonstrations demanding political leaders take action on climate change. (Photo by Peter Summers/Getty Images)

Mind

What is eco-anxiety and how can we overcome it?

Features
GLASGOW, SCOTLAND - JANUARY 31: Members of the public walk past a government poster reminding people to socially distance and abide by the lockdown restrictions in the city center on January 29, 2021 in Glasgow, Scotland. This week, nearly 104,000 have died due to covid-19 in the United Kingdom, according to the Office for National Statistics and its counterparts in Scotland and Northern Ireland. The agencies registered an additional 7,776 deaths with coronavirus cited on the death certificate in the most recent week. (Photo by Jeff J Mitchell/Getty Images)

Mind

Why do some people experience anxiety more intensely than others?

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JT0A56 Zoloft 100 mg, Sertraline, is prescribed to treat depression, obsessive-compulsive disorder, panic disorder, anxiety disorders, post-traumatic stress

Health

Anxiety really has increased over the past 10 years – but why?

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Is anxiety rising in children and if so, why?

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Leaders

PPN7WJ Cologne, Germany. 27th Sep 2018. 27 September 2018, North Rhine-Westphalia, Cologne: Visitors to the Supercandy Pop-Up Museum make selfies in a ball bath. Until 30.12.2018 the 20 walk-in installations can be seen and experienced in the

Mind

Banning smartphones is tempting but it won't solve anxiety in children

Anxiety is on the rise in young people but we need to follow the science - and the causes aren't clearly linked to social media

News

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Illustration of an elderly man with a pace maker. SEBASTIAN KAULITZKI/SCIENCE PHOTO LIBRARY Sebastian Kaulitzki/Science Photo Library

Technology

Implantable battery is charged up by the body's oxygen supply

Many medical implants run on batteries that need to be recharged, but what if you could do so just by breathing?

News

Environment

Dust clouds from the Sahara are reaching Europe more frequently

News

Physics

Most accurate clock ever can tick for 40 billion years without error

News

Earth

Huge crater in India hints at major meteorite impact 4000 years ago

News

Life

Birds make an 'after you' gesture to prompt their mate to enter nest

News

Technology

AI forecaster can predict the future better than humans

News

Humans

Ancient people carved mysterious symbols near dinosaur footprints

News

Space

Mars may have captured and split a comet to create its two moons

News

Environment

Unexploded bombs from the second world war are getting more dangerous

News

Health

Not getting enough sleep may make you feel years older

News

Environment

Some bamboo toilet paper contains only tiny amounts of bamboo

News

Health

Antibody therapy makes the immune systems of old mice young again

News

Space

New view of our galaxy's black hole reveals a swirling magnetic field

News

Technology

This robot predicts when you're going to smile – and smiles back

News

Mathematics

Mathematicians are bitterly divided over a controversial proof

News

Space

NASA’s Artemis astronauts will try to grow plants on the moon

News

Environment

Heatwaves now last much longer than they did in the 1980s

News

Environment

I went hunting for a zombie fungus worth more than its weight in gold

News

Analysis

Health

Could bone marrow transplants transmit Alzheimer's disease?

Mice showed signs of Alzheimer's after receiving bone marrow from other mice with high levels of the culprit protein amyloid in their brains, but we are a long way off from saying the risk applies to people

News

Space

I might be an astrophysicist, but I'm still learning about stargazing

Comment

Health

Why it is time for a longevity revolution

News

Aperture

Researcher at work in one of the GPLabs laboratories. The Green Propulsion Laboratory is also an incubator for several innovative start-ups operating in the field of environmental technologies and sustainability.

Environment

These curious experiments are finding new ways to tackle pollution

At the Green Propulsion Laboratory in Italy, scientists are trying to harness natural organisms to rehabilitate the environment. Photographer Luigi Avantaggiato explores

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Features

A single man sits in amongst empty chairs and thinks before a group therapy session

Health

The new evidence that explains what anxiety really is

What anxiety actually is has puzzled scientists for decades. Now we are starting to figure out how it may arise from miscommunication between the body and the brain

Features

Mind

Why do some people experience anxiety more intensely than others?

Features

Health

Anxiety really has increased over the past 10 years – but why?

Features

Mind

Is anxiety rising in children and if so, why?

Features

Mind

What is eco-anxiety and how can we overcome it?

Features

Mind

The surprising benefits of anxiety and how you could harness them

Features

Mind

Five scientific ways to help reduce feelings of anxiety

Features

Environment

How the infamous Pitcairn Island became a model of ocean conservation

Features

Culture

MPTKBG Trumpets and trumpet tube, Bronze Age (Britain), (c2500 BC-c800 BC). Artist: Unknown.

Comment

Sound Tracks: A fascinating archaeological history of music

Archaeologist, multi-instrumentalist and historian Graeme Lawson sets out to tell the story of music from 40,000 years ago until today, in his wide-ranging new book

Culture

Comment

Code Dependent: A must-read exploring the human impact of AI

Culture

Comment

New Scientist recommends a guide to rebuilding civilisation, The Book

Culture

Comment

Final Fantasy VII Rebirth: Gorgeous remake of an eco-conscious classic

Culture

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How science can help you bake a delicious vegan carrot cake

Chemistry

How science can help you bake a delicious vegan carrot cake

Unlike some sponges, making a vegan version of carrot cake is easy – if you add a little science, says Karmela Padavic-Callaghan

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BrainTwister #14: Factor graphs

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Tom Gauld on experiments in zero gravity

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Twisteddoodles explains g-force (and c-force)

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Scientists find a use for old tea bags - turn them into roads

Scientists find a use for old tea bags - turn them into roads

Feedback is pleased to learn about innovative plans for the "considerable numbers of discarded teabags" in the world

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