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U.S. Pressures Vanuatu Over ICJ’s Landmark Climate Change Ruling
Source:Al JazeeraThe United States is urging governments to pressure Vanuatu to withdraw a United Nations draft resolution supporting a landmark International Court of Justice (ICJ) ruling that countries have a legal obligation to act on climate change. A U.S. government cable says the Trump administration "strongly objects" to the proposed resolution being circulated by the Pacific island nation of Vanuatu in support of last year's ruling by the ICJ—the UN's... -
Trump Calls Climate Change Threat to Public Health "a Scam"
Source: PBS News HourThe White House revoked a scientific finding Thursday that climate change is a danger to public health, an idea President Donald Trump called "a scam." But repeated scientific studies have documented the harm. Again and again, research has found increasing disease and deaths—thousands every year—in a warming world. For example, a 2021 study in Nature Climate Change estimated that over a third of heat deaths in 43 countries were due to... -
U.S. Report Finds Children With Mental Health Diagnoses Often Incarcerated
Source: NPRA new bipartisan report from Congress has raised the alarm about children with mental health conditions being held in juvenile detention, rather than getting treatment. "Prolonged Incarceration of Children Due to Mental Health Care Shortages," released Thursday, found that dozens of juvenile detention centers in 25 states reported holding children weeks or months as they awaited space at long-term psychiatric treatment facilities. -
Depression and Other Disorders May Share Common Genetic Roots
Source: APA PsycPORT™: Psychology NewswirePsychiatric disorders can share common genetic influences, which means parts of DNA can be at the root of more than one mental condition, new research has found. The study, based on DNA data from 6 million people and published in Nature, could explain why many mental health conditions occur together. "By uncovering shared genetic roots, we can start thinking about treatments that target multiple disorders," said one of the authors in a press... -
Trump Orders Pentagon to Buy Electricity Generated by Coal
Source:Al JazeeraU.S. President Donald Trump has ordered the Pentagon to buy electricity generated by coal—his latest effort to boost demand for the fossil fuel amid its declining cost competitiveness and climate change concerns. In an executive order signed on Wednesday, Trump directed the U.S. Department of Defense to enter into long-term purchase agreements with coal-fired plants and prioritize the "preservation and strategic utilization" of "coal-based... -
Dissociation Is Not the Coping Mechanism It's Assumed to Be
Source: Association for Psychological SciencePeople often use the term "dissociating" to mean zoning out or distracting oneself from the troubles of the world or their personal situation—a coping mechanism useful in times of stress. But to psychological scientists, dissociating refers to something more extreme. Most adults experience little to no dissociation, but it's frequently reported in clinical populations, according to an upcoming journal article in Clinical Psychological Science. -
Vance Deleted Message Referring to "Armenian Genocide." Here's Why.
Source: PBS News HourU.S. Vice President JD Vance's team posted and then deleted a message on social media about the Republican's visit to a memorial paying tribute to early 20th century Armenians killed by the Ottoman Empire. The issue was the post using the term "Armenian genocide," a designation the U.S. government historically has not used for what happened—except for the Biden administration. The White House blamed the post on a staff mistake. -
Instagram CEO Denies Social Media App Can Be "Clinically Addictive"
Source: Google News - HealthAdam Mosseri, the head of Instagram, testified Wednesday that he does not think users can be "clinically addicted" to the social media app. Mosseri is the first executive to testify in the landmark social media addiction trial against YouTube and Instagram parent company Meta in a suit brought by a now 20-year-old woman who alleges the companies intentionally developed addictive features to hook young users, which she claims harmed her mental... -
Psychiatric drugs aren’t always the answer | Letter
Talking therapies have made huge progress and should be more widely available, writes Ann Marie TaylorYes, there has been a shocking lack of progress in developing transformative psychiatric medicine (We need new drugs for mental ill-health, 5 February), but this may be because in mental health, drugs are not always the answer (see, for example, Richard P Bentall’s Doctoring the Mind).Huge progress has been made in the effectiveness of talking therapies – for example, free effec -
What to Do If Your Friends Keep Leaving You Out
Source: APA PsycPORT™: Psychology NewswireEarly in Kip Williams' career as a social psychologist, he was at the park when a flying disc landed on his blanket. Williams stood up and tossed it back. To his surprise, the throwers threw it to him again. "Suddenly I was part of a three-person toss," he says. But when they eventually stopped including him, he recalls feeling awkward and hurt, which inspired him to replicate the experience in his lab—the first of many famous studies on... -
EPA to End "Endangerment Finding" and Funding to Protect Climate
Source: United Press International - Health NewsU.S. Environmental Protection Agency officials say they will be ending a 2009 declaration that says climate change is a danger to public health. Revoking "the endangerment finding"—which is expected to happen this week—removes the EPA's statutory authority to regulate motor vehicle emissions that was provided by the Clean Air Act of 1970, an EPA spokesperson told The Hill. Under that act, the EPA regulates vehicle emissions thought to.. -
This Bedroom Temperature Could Help Older Adults Sleep With Less Stress
Source: Science Daily - Top HealthA cooler bedroom might be better for older sleepers than previously thought. Researchers found that keeping nighttime temperatures at 75°F reduced stress responses and helped the heart work more efficiently during sleep. Hot nights usually force the heart to work harder, interfering with recovery. As climate change drives warmer nights, this small adjustment could make a big difference. -
Racist Attitudes Predict Increased Mental Distress Over Time
Source: PsyPostNew research published in the journal Comprehensive Psychiatry challenges the common belief that mental illness is a primary driver of racist attitudes. The findings suggest that the relationship actually works in the opposite direction, with prejudiced beliefs predicting an increase in psychological distress over time. The study also documented that a lack of social connection is correlated with both prejudice and mental health struggles. -
Trump Administration Takes Down Rainbow Flag at Stonewall Monument
Source: PBS News HourThe Trump administration has stopped flying a rainbow flag at the Stonewall National Monument, angering activists who see the move as a swipe at the country's first national monument to LGBTQ+ history. The multicolored flag was quietly removed in recent days from a flagpole on the National Park Service-run site across the street from the Stonewall Inn, the gay bar where patrons' rebellion against a police raid helped launch the modern LGBTQ+... -
Poll Reveals Depth of Americans' Gloom About the Future
Source: PBS News HourIn 2025, only 59% of Americans gave high ratings when asked to evaluate how good their life will be in about five years—the lowest annual measure since Gallup began asking this question almost 20 years ago. When Americans are feeling good about the present, they usually tend to feel optimistic about the future. But the most recent measures show not only a decline in life satisfaction over the past decade, but that future optimism has dropped... -
Physical Distance Affects Moral Choices in Sacrificial Dilemmas
Source: PsyPostWhen people are physically near to someone who could be harmed, they're less willing to sacrifice that person for the greater good, according to a study in Cognition & Emotion. Research on moral dilemmas such as the trolley and footbridge problems shows that people often reject utilitarian solutions when harm requires direct physical contact, suggesting that emotional reactions affect moral choices. Now, evidence suggests that physical proximity... -
New Study Explores the Role of Power in the Bedroom
Source: PsyPostA new study suggests that having a sense of power in a relationship promotes sexual assertiveness, while perceiving a partner as powerful fosters a willingness to accommodate their needs. The findings, published in the Personality and Social Psychology Bulletin and based on data from roughly 1,000 participants, indicate that the most satisfying interactions appear to occur when both individuals feel they have influence within the relationship. -
Chile Launches Latin America's First Generative AI Model
Source: United Press International - Health NewsAfter nearly three years of development, Chile has officially launched Latam-GPT, an open-source artificial intelligence model built with data from Latin America to reflect the region's culture and history. "I am Latam-GPT, a large language model developed specifically for Latin America, with emphasis on its culture, language, history and social realities," the platform said in its self-introduction on Tuesday. The model was trained on 230... -
My patient’s near-death experience in hospital left me with worry and guilt. This is how vicarious trauma starts | Ranjana Srivastava
Afterwards, my team and I kept going without ever discussing the event. But something felt heavy. And because I couldn’t name it, I didn’t know how to deal with it“And who are you?” Tracking the voice, I realise the nurse is talking to me.“I’m the physician looking after the patient.” Continue reading... -
Menopause Linked to Grey Matter Loss in Key Brain Regions
Source: Science Daily - Top HealthA major study suggests menopause is linked to changes in brain structure, mental health, and sleep. Brain scans revealed grey matter loss in areas tied to memory and emotional regulation, while many women reported increased anxiety, depression, and fatigue. Hormone therapy did not reverse these effects, though it may slow age-related declines in reaction speed. Researchers say menopause could represent an important turning point for brain health. -
New Transgender Policy Consensus Reached Across Sports
Source:Al JazeeraGlobal sports leaders have reached consensus on eligibility criteria for transgender athletes, with the new policy expected to be announced within the first half of this year, the International Olympic Committee (IOC) said Saturday. It would be the first uniform policy adopted by the IOC and international sports federations, applying to dozens of sports, including the Games and world championships. Currently, federations each have their own... -
How the Brain Changes As a Romance Matures
Source: PsyPostA new study suggests that the human brain processes romantic partners differently than close friends. The research, published in the journal Social Cognitive and Affective Neuroscience, found that the brain creates a unique neural signature for a partner early in a relationship, but the distinction tends to fade as the bond matures. These findings offer insight on how the biological drivers of romantic love may evolve from passion to... -
A Hidden Aloe Vera Compound May Help Treat Alzheimer's
Source: Science Daily - Top HealthScientists are continuing to search for new ways to treat Alzheimer's disease, a progressive brain disorder that affects memory, thinking, and behavior. In a recent study, researchers identified several compounds found in Aloe vera that could offer new possibilities for future treatments. Aloe vera is best known as a soothing plant used for skin care, but it also contains natural chemicals that may influence biological processes inside the body. -
How AI and Virtual Worlds Are Reshaping Holocaust Remembrance
Source: United Nations NewsAs Holocaust survivors age and first-hand testimony becomes rarer, educators are turning to new technologies to preserve memory, foster empathy, and engage younger generations far beyond museums and classrooms using narrative-driven games and immersive virtual spaces allowing students to not only observe history but interact with it. The challenge is to employ the technologies thoughtfully enough to ensure that memory endures for generations to... -
White House Lauds Plastic Surgeons' Statement on Trans Surgery
Source: NPRThe Trump administration celebrated a recent statement from the American Society of Plastic Surgeons, which recommends that doctors delay gender-related surgery until a patient is at least 19 years old. In an email to NPR, the Society noted that the new position statement is not a reversal of a previous position. It is also not a new clinical practice guideline, but rather, an articulation of the professional group's recommendations. -
Social Media Firms Sued for Mental Health Harms, But Are They Addictive?
Source: Google News - HealthForthcoming legal proceedings against Meta and YouTube are frequently referred to as the "social media addiction trials," but whether these platforms are truly addictive is still under scientific debate. Lawsuits were brought against Meta, YouTube (Google), Snap, and TikTok by plaintiffs alleging these platforms severely damaged their mental health during childhood. Snap and TikTok settled the first case, but Meta and YouTube are fighting it. -
Social media companies are being sued for harming their users’ mental health – but are the platforms addictive?
Experts say the term ‘addiction’ is be overused and, for social media use, could be difficult to proveForthcoming legal proceedings against Meta and YouTube are frequently referred to as the “social media addiction trials”, but whether these platforms are truly addictive is still the subject of scientific debate.The lawsuits were brought against Meta, YouTube (Google), Snap Inc and TikTok by plaintiffs alleging these platforms severely damaged their mental health when the -
Readers’ replies: why does a song sometimes get stuck in our heads – and what makes an earworm?
The series in which readers answer other readers’ questions explores the sounds and music that play on repeat mentally – and how to escape their aural clutches• This week’s question: can you acquire courage?I know a song that’ll get on your nerves, get on your nerves, get on your nerves. I know a so … you get the gist! Why does a song sometimes get stuck in our heads? (And good luck stopping this one now!) Laura Ashton, Haslemere, SurreySend new questions to n -
Is Australia getting ruder? How to be kinder to others in everyday life – and break the contagion of rage
Slow down, take a deep breath, maybe even let the other car take the park. In the face of rudeness, sometimes the most radical thing to do is remain passively politeGet our weekend culture and lifestyle emailThink of a typical day in our angry world. You open social media and read abuse either directed at yourself or someone else, then you get in your car and find yourself aggressively overtaken while driving at the speed limit. You pull into a shopping mall car park, where another driver execut -
Can you acquire courage?
The long-running series in which readers answer other readers’ questions on subjects ranging from trivial flights of fancy to profound scientific and philosophical concepts• This week’s replies: why does a song sometimes get stuck in our heads – and what makes an earworm?Is it possible to acquire courage if you don’t have it? I was moved this week by the story of the Australian boy who swam to land for several hours in rough seas to raise the alarm that his mother an -
‘I’m the psychedelic confessor’: the man who turned a generation on to hallucinogens returns with a head-spinning book about consciousness
With the Omnivore’s Dilemma and How to Change Your Mind, Michael Pollan transformed our understanding of food and drugs. Can he do the same for our sense of self?Several years ago, Michael Pollan had a disturbing encounter. The relentlessly curious journalist and author was at a conference on plant behaviour in Vancouver. There, he’d learned that when plants are damaged, they produce an anaesthetising chemical, ethylene. Was this a form of self-soothing, like the release of endorphin -
Fired After Gender Identity Lesson, Professor Sues Texas A&M
Source: Google News - HealthMonths after Texas A&M fired a professor over a gender identity lesson, she is suing the university, alleging administrators knowingly violated her free speech and due process rights. In a federal lawsuit filed Tuesday, former A&M lecturer Melissa McCoul alleged that Governor Greg Abbott's chief of staff asked then-university President Mark Welsh to press for her termination and that Provost Alan Sams was told not to give her a required hearing... -
Uganda's Anti-LGBTQ+ Law Exposes Systemic Failures
Source: DW- top storiesEarlier this week, a court in Uganda dismissed the first case brought under the country's Anti-Homosexuality Act. The accused, a man who was 20 when he was arrested in August 2023, had spent nearly a year in detention before being released on bail as the case progressed over an extended period. He was initially accused of "unlawful sexual intercourse" with a 41-year-old man and charged with "aggravated homosexuality"—an offense punishable by... -
More Companies Are Pointing to AI As They Lay Off Employees
Source: CBS News - U.S. NewsWhen Pinterest and Dow announced layoffs last month, they attributed the job cuts in part to a shift to artificial intelligence—a sign that some companies are investing in AI as they pare payrolls. Although economists have generally downplayed the impact to date of AI on the U.S. workforce, that may offer little comfort to 55,000 employees who lost their job in 2025 as a result of AI—more than 12 times the number of layoffs due to AI just... -
Moltbook Is the Newest Social Media Platform—But It's Just for AI Bots
Source: NPRCan computer programs have faith? Can they conspire against the humans that created them? Or feel melancholy? On a social media platform built just for artificial intelligence bots, some of them are acting like it. Moltbook was launched a week ago as a Reddit-like platform for AI agents. Agents, or bots, are a type of computer program that can autonomously carry out tasks such as organizing email inboxes or booking travel. -
The rise of ‘low contact’ family relationships: ‘I said, Mum, I need to take some space’
Many people are now opting for minimal contact with their parents and other relatives. But while this can provide time to think, it is fraught with emotional complexitiesWhen her mum called her, stress would ring through Marie’s body like an alarm going off. So “I stopped answering the phone,” she says. She forms the words purposefully, as if reading from a script. This was one of the “boundaries” she discussed carefully with her therapist three years ago when she r -
Things reek, stink and pong – but why are there no verbs for describing a delightful odour? | Adrian Chiles
We don’t have a single verb to express smelling something nice. Welsh and Croatian, by contrast, are never caught short when something fragrant gets right up your noseI remember the first time I remembered a smell. This was remembering to the extent that it stopped me in my tracks, taking me back to a specific moment, a specific place and a specific feeling. The smell was that of a bike shop. Mainly rubber, with notes of oil and plastic and a strong hint of sheer excitement. In that instan -
French Police Raid X Offices in Paris, Summon Musk in Cybercrime Probe
Source: DW- top storiesFrench police, alongside Europol, searched the office of Elon Musk's social media platform X in the French capital on Tuesday, the Paris prosecutor's office said. The platform, formerly known as Twitter, is being investigated for a litany of alleged offenses, including Holocaust denial, boosting engagement for far-right extremist content, and allowing the company's AI chatbot to create sexualized deepfake images of women and children. -
President Trump's Greenland "Piece of Ice" Comment Echoes History
Source: DW- top storiesWhen U.S. President Donald Trump referred to Greenland as "a piece of ice" during his recent speech at the World Economic Forum, it seemed to ignore that Greenland has been inhabited for close to five millennia and is home to over 56,000 people, mostly of Inuit descent. It also echoed a long‑standing pattern by colonial powers to apply their own ideas of land ownership to places where indigenous people regard land as something to be shared... -
Ultra-processed foods should be treated more like cigarettes than food – study
UPFs are made to encourage addiction and consumption and should be regulated like tobacco, say researchersUltra-processed foods (UPFs) have more in common with cigarettes than with fruit or vegetables, and require far tighter regulation, according to a new report.UPFs and cigarettes are engineered to encourage addiction and consumption, researchers from three US universities said, pointing to the parallels in widespread health harms that link both. Continue reading... -
Do you like cat photos? Are you constantly distracted? You’re probably actually quite good at focusing: 10 myths about attention
Every second, 11m bits of information enter our brains, which then efficiently prioritise them. We need to learn to work with the process, rather than against it It’s believed that we have about 50,000 thoughts a day: big, small, urgent, banal – “Did I leave the oven on?”. And those are just the ones that register. Subconsciously, we’re constantly sifting through a barrage of stimuli: background noise, clutter on our desks, the mere presence of our phones.Every seco -
‘Adjustments must be made’: how to live well after mid-life
We are living longer and longer, but many of us are unprepared for the challenges age brings, says the novelist and psychotherapist Frank TallisWe have never lived so long, so well, nor had more available advice on how to do so: don’t smoke, don’t drink, don’t eat ultraprocessed foods; lift weights, get outside, learn a language. Cosmetics – or surgery – have never been so available, so advanced, nor so widely used; we take for granted medical procedures that previo -
NASA's Rover Completes First AI-Planned Drive on Mars
Source: NASA NewsApproximately 140 million miles from earth, NASA's Perseverance Mars rover has completed the first drives on another world that were planned by artificial intelligence. Executed on December 8 and 10, and led by the agency's Jet Propulsion Laboratory in Southern California, the demonstration used generative AI vision-language models to create a driving path—a complex decision-making task typically performed manually by the NASA's human planners. -
Living With Loss in Ukraine As the Death Toll Continues to Climb
Source:Al JazeeraAt Lychakiv Cemetery in the Ukrainian city of Lviv, the surge in deaths from war with Russia has forced authorities to allocate additional space beyond the cemetery's walls and is now running out of room. The United Nations Human Rights Monitoring Mission in Ukraine says that in 2025 alone, conflict-related violence killed 2,514 civilians and injured 12,142. According to one expert, "pretty much everybody" in the country "has some mental health... -
Why does a song sometimes get stuck in our heads – and what precisely makes an earworm?
The series in which readers answer other readers’ questions explores an ancient, vexed musical conundrum• Readers reply: to shred or not to shred? Is it OK to throw out sensitive documents?I know a song that’ll get on your nerves, get on your nerves, get on your nerves. I know a so … you get the gist! Why does a song sometimes get stuck in our heads? (And good luck stopping this one now!) Laura Ashton, Haslemere, SurreyPost your answers (and new questions) below or send t -
Why you should embrace rejection
From building resilience to boosting artistic creativity, there are unexpected benefits to being rebuffedRejection hurts. Whether in a professional, social or romantic setting, there is a particularly painful sting to the discovery that one has been judged undesirable in some way. If you have ever experienced proper rejection – and that would be most of us – it may stand out in your mind for a long time, like a boulder lodged in the landscape of memory.And it can hurt literally. The -
Adolescence lasts into your 30s – so how should parents treat their adult children?
There are lots of guidebooks for parents of young children – but what happens when your offspring hit adulthood? A psychotherapist shares her guiding principles for raising grownupsWhen one of my daughters turned 18, our relationship hit a crisis so painful it lasted longer than I knew how to bear. I was a psychotherapist, trained in child and adult development, yet I was utterly flummoxed. Decades have passed since then, but when I recently spoke to her about that time, a flood -
Wise by Frank Tallis review – how to turn your midlife crisis into a hero’s journey
A psychologist’s gripping guide to surviving dark nights of the soul offers both comfort and insight I’m proud of how mild-mannered my midlife crisis is. While the cliche involves the purchase of a Porsche or a frantic fling with a colleague, I’ve mainly fallen back into the geeky preoccupations of my youth, such as founding poetry clubs and playing niche racket sports. Nevertheless, on the cusp of turning 50, and having just been beaten by my 11-year-old at Scrabble, I&rs -
xAI's Grok Worst Performing Platform on Countering Anti-Semitism
Source: United Press International - Health NewsElon Musk's Grok AI chatbot came last in a study by the Anti-Defamation League looking at how well the leading six Large Language Models performed when it came to detecting and removing anti-Semitic and extremist content. The xAI chatbot ranked at the bottom with an overall score of 21 out of a possible 100, compared with 80 scored by Anthropic's Claude, indicating that Grok has "substantial limitations" in detecting areas of bias, ADL said... -
U.S. Leads Global Surge in Gas-Fired Power Driven by AI Demands
Source: The Guardian - Climate CrisisThe U.S. leads a huge global surge in gas-fired power generation that will cause a major leap in planet-heating emissions, with this record boom driven by the expansion of energy-hungry data centers to service artificial intelligence, according to a new forecast. This year is set to shatter the annual record for new gas power additions around the world, with global gas capacity expected to jump nearly 50%, a report by Global Energy Monitor found.
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