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• The Risks of AI in Schools Outweigh the Benefits, Report Concludes

  15-01-2026 15:13 via socialpsychology.org
  Source: NPRThe risks of using generative artificial intelligence to educate children and teens currently overshadow the benefits, according to a new report by the Brookings Institution. The sweeping investigation included focus groups and interviews with K-12 students, parents, educators, and tech experts in 50 countries, as well as a review of hundreds of studies, and concluded that using AI in education can "undermine children's foundational development."
  
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• Massive Brain Study Reveals Why Memory Loss Can Suddenly Speed Up

  15-01-2026 15:13 via socialpsychology.org
  Source: Google News - HealthA massive international brain study has revealed that memory decline with age isn't driven by a single brain region or gene, but by widespread structural changes across the brain that build up over time. Analyzing thousands of MRI scans and memory tests from healthy adults, researchers found that memory loss accelerates as brain tissue shrinkage increases, especially later in life. The report appears in the journal Nature Communications.
  
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• EPA to Stop Calculating Lives Saved by Curbs on Air Pollution

  15-01-2026 15:13 via socialpsychology.org
  Source: The Guardian - Climate CrisisThe U.S. Environmental Protection Agency says it will stop estimating the number of lives saved by air pollution rules that curb two deadly pollutants: fine particulate matter and ozone. Instead, the agency will focus exclusively on the cost to industry. The change is part of a realignment under Donald Trump toward a business-friendly approach to environmental protection, rolling back multiple policies meant to safeguard human health and slow...
  
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• Physics of Foam Strangely Resembles Artificial Intelligence Training

  15-01-2026 15:12 via socialpsychology.org
  Source: Science Daily - Top NewsScientists have long believed that soap suds, shaving cream, and other foams behave like glass, with components trapped in static, disordered configurations. Now, engineers have found that the internal motion of foam resembles the process of deep learning—the method typically used to train AI systems. The discovery suggests that learning, in a mathematical sense, may be a common organizing principle across physical, biological. and...
  
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• Trump Administration Rolls Back $2 Billion Mental Health, Addiction Cuts

  15-01-2026 15:05 via socialpsychology.org
  Source: NPRAfter immense political backlash from Republicans and Democrats, the Trump administration has decided to reverse more than $2 billion in cuts to mental health and addiction programs. Letters terminating funding for the programs went out late Tuesday night, sending shockwaves through the country's public health system, but the administration told NPR the next day that it would send new letters soon restoring the funding.
  
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• States Invoke 10th Amendment to Curb Immigration Crackdowns

  15-01-2026 15:05 via socialpsychology.org
  Source: Google News - HealthMinnesota and Illinois officials filed lawsuits Monday seeking to curb the Trump administration's ongoing immigration crackdown in their states. Although the lawsuits are separate and nuanced, both states cited the 10th Amendment to back their claim that the surge of Immigration and Customs Enforcement and Border Patrol agents—which has stoked nationwide protests, violence, and fear—violates the state sovereignty guaranteed by the 10th amendment.
  
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• Grief over pet death can be as strong as that for family member, survey shows

  15-01-2026 13:55 via theguardian.com
  Researcher calls for guidelines for diagnosing prolonged grief disorder to be expanded to cover people who lose petsGrief over the death of a pet could be as chronic as that for a human family member, research has shown, confirming what many people already know about their bond with their furry friends.People grieving the loss of a pet can suffer from prolonged grief disorder (PGD), a mental health condition brought about by the death of a loved one, a survey published in the academic journal PL
  
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• The surprising science of dreams and nightmares – podcast

  15-01-2026 08:50 via theguardian.com
  Ian Sample puts listeners’ questions on dreams and nightmares to Dr Michelle Carr, director of the Dream Engineering Laboratory in Montreal’s Centre for Advanced Research in Sleep Medicine, and author of the new book Into the Dream Lab. They look at why we dream, what we can learn by examining our dreams, and what we can do when dreams turn to nightmares. Dr Carr gives her top tips for taking charge of our dreams and trying to influence their contentSupport the Guardian: theguardian.
  
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• Rohingya People Called "Muslim Dogs" Before Attacks, U.N. Court Hears

  15-01-2026 06:09 via socialpsychology.org
  Source: United Nations NewsThe U.N. top court heard testimony Thursday that Myanmar committed genocide against the Rohingya people, with allegations that military officials incited violence by calling the ethnic minority "Muslim dogs" who should be made "extinct." The prosecuting team also quoted a soldier as saying: "'We will clear the villages where those animals live. We have guns, we have bullets. That's what we came with, with ammunition and the spirit to attack the...
  
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• Children are at risk of forming romantic bonds with AI chatbots

  15-01-2026 06:00 via foxnews.com
  Experts warn lawmakers that AI bots can harm children’s mental health and foster unhealthy, or even sexually explicit, emotional relationships
  
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