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• Trump's EPA Sued Over Repeal of Landmark Climate Finding

  19-02-2026 14:56 via socialpsychology.org
  Source: The Guardian - Climate CrisisMore than a dozen health and environmental justice nonprofits have sued the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) over its rollback of the legal finding that previously laid the foundation for U.S. federal climate regulations. Filed in Washington, DC, circuit court, the lawsuit challenges the EPA's repeal of the "endangerment finding," which states that the buildup of heat-trapping pollution in the atmosphere endangers public health and...
  
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• Workers Restore the Philadelphia President's House Slavery Exhibit

  19-02-2026 14:55 via socialpsychology.org
  Source: PBS News HourWorkers on Thursday began restoring an exhibit on the lives of nine enslaved people at former President George Washington's House in Philadelphia amid a legal fight between the city and the Trump administration. In her 40-page opinion, Senior U.S. District Judge Cynthia Rufe compared President Donald Trump's administration to the totalitarian regime in the dystopian novel "1984," which revised historical records to align with its narrative.
  
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• Microsoft Pledges $50 Billion to Counter Global AI Divide

  19-02-2026 14:55 via socialpsychology.org
  Source: United Press International - Health NewsMicrosoft announced Wednesday that it's allocating $50 billion over the next 10 years to combat artificial intelligence inequality in low-income nations. The company said it intends to bridge the AI divide among nations and ensure equal access to its potential benefits. Company officials revealed its plan at the AI Impact Summit in India. Microsoft said the Global North had nearly twice the amount of AI diffusion than the Global South at the end...
  
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• Climate Change Is Accelerating But Nature Seems to Be Slowing Down

  19-02-2026 14:54 via socialpsychology.org
  Source: Science Daily - Top NewsAs the planet warms, many scientists had expected ecosystems to change faster and faster. Instead, a massive global study suggests that species turnover has slowed by about one-third since the 1970s. As described in a new report published in Nature Communications, this unexpected slowdown may signal something alarming: ecosystems losing the biodiversity needed to remain responsive to external changes in habitat.
  
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• Meta No Longer Designs Apps to Maximize Screentime, CEO Claims

  19-02-2026 14:52 via socialpsychology.org
  Source: Canadian Broadcasting Company - Top Stories NewsDuring a Wednesday court appearance, Meta CEO Mark Zuckerberg pushed back on a lawyer's suggestion that he had misled Congress about the design of the company's social media platforms, as ‌a landmark trial over youth social media addiction continues. Zuckerberg was questioned on the statements he gave to Congress during a 2024 hearing, when he said the company did not give its teams the goal of maximizing time spent on its apps.
  
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• AI Breakthrough Could Replace Rare Earth Magnets in Electric Vehicles

  19-02-2026 14:52 via socialpsychology.org
  Source: Science Daily - Top NewsScientists have unleashed artificial intelligence to dramatically speed up the hunt for next-generation magnetic materials. By building a massive, searchable database of 67,573 magnetic compounds—including 25 newly recognized materials that stay magnetic even at high temperatures—the team is opening the door to cheaper, more sustainable technologies. The new resource, called the Northeast Materials Database, was reported in the journal...
  
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• "Hallmark of Genocide" Found in Sudan, U.N. Report Concludes

  19-02-2026 14:51 via socialpsychology.org
  Source: United Nations NewsIn a report released Thursday, a United Nations fact-finding mission concluded that at least three underlying acts of genocide were committed in Sudan last year: "killing members of a protected ethnic group; causing serious bodily and mental harm; and deliberately inflicting conditions of life calculated to bring about the group's physical destruction." Genocidal intent, the report said, was "the only reasonable inference" from what took place.
  
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• Dr. Maria Hernandez-Lopez Named an Honored Member by P.O.W.E.R. (Professional Organization of Women of Excellence Recognized)

  19-02-2026 09:00 via pr.com
  Dr. Maria Hernandez-Lopez of South Pasadena, California, has been named an Honored Member by P.O.W.E.R. (Professional Organization of Women of Excellence Recognized) for her outstanding contributions and great success in the field of psychiatry. She will be featured in a full-page article in the upcoming spring 2026 issue of P.O.W.E.R. Magazine.About Dr. Maria Hernandez-Lopez Dr. Maria Hernandez-Lopez is a psychiatrist [PR.com]
  
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• Inside voice: what can our thoughts reveal about the nature of consciousness?

  19-02-2026 06:00
  Scientists and philosophers studying the mind have discovered how little we know about our inner experiencesWhat was I thinking? This is not as easy or straightforward a question as I would have thought. As soon as you try to record and categorise the contents of your consciousness – the sense impressions, feelings, words, images, daydreams, mind-​wanderings, ruminations, deliberations, observations, opinions, intuitions and occasional insights – you encounter far more question
  
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