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Banning smartphones is tempting but it won’t solve anxiety in children
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This week's magazine
6 April 2024
Issue 3485
On the cover
Editor's picks
Mind
The surprising benefits of anxiety and how you could harness them
Features
Health
The new evidence that explains what anxiety really is
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
Mind
What is eco-anxiety and how can we overcome it?
Features
Mind
Why do some people experience anxiety more intensely than others?
Features
Health
Anxiety really has increased over the past 10 years 鈥� but why?
Features
Mind
Is anxiety rising in children and if so, why?
Features
Table of contents
快猫短视频
Environment
Heatwaves now last much longer than they did in the 1980s
A global analysis of heatwaves over a span of 40 years shows that they are getting more frequent, moving slower and lasting longer
News
Space
NASA鈥檚 Artemis astronauts will try to grow plants on the moon
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Space
New view of our galaxy’s black hole reveals a swirling magnetic field
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Humans
Ancient people carved mysterious symbols near dinosaur footprints
News
Mathematics
Mathematicians are bitterly divided over a controversial proof
News
Environment
Some bamboo toilet paper contains only tiny amounts of bamboo
News
Technology
This robot predicts when you’re going to smile 鈥� and smiles back
News
Environment
Dust clouds from the Sahara are reaching Europe more frequently
News
Environment
I went hunting for a zombie fungus worth more than its weight in gold
News
Environment
Unexploded bombs from the second world war are getting more dangerous
News
Technology
AI forecaster can predict the future better than humans
News
Space
Mars may have captured and split a comet to create its two moons
News
Health
Antibody therapy makes the immune systems of old mice young again
News
Physics
Most accurate clock ever can tick for 40 billion years without error
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Earth
Huge crater in India hints at major meteorite impact 4000 years ago
News
Technology
Implantable battery is charged up by the body’s oxygen supply
News
Health
Not getting enough sleep may make you feel years older
News
Life
Birds make an ‘after you’ gesture to prompt their mate to enter nest
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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
Health
Why it is time for a longevity revolution
News
Space
I might be an astrophysicist, but I’m still learning about stargazing
News
Features
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 鈥� 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
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
快猫短视频 recommends a guide to rebuilding civilisation, The Book
Culture
Comment
Code Dependent: A must-read exploring the human impact of AI
Culture
Comment
Final Fantasy VII Rebirth: Gorgeous remake of an eco-conscious classic
Culture
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Chemistry
How science can help you bake a delicious vegan carrot cake
Unlike some sponges, making a vegan version of carrot cake is easy 鈥� if you add a little science, says Karmela Padavic-Callaghan
Regulars
Tom Gauld on experiments in zero gravity
Regulars
Twisteddoodles explains g-force (and c-force)
Regulars
Regulars
快猫短视频s 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
This Week鈥檚 Letters
Letters
This week鈥檚 new questions
Last Word
Why does our hair go white while eyebrows stay their original colour?
Last Word
How do crows develop such distinct and individual 鈥榲oices鈥�?
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