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• Tahlia Rahme Brings Warm, Evidence-Based Child Psychology to Melbourne

  13-07-2026 09:15 via pr.com
  
  As demand for accessible youth mental health services rise across Australia, MLA Psychology strengthens its clinical offering with the appointment of neuroaffirming child and adolescent psychologist Tahlia Rahme. [PR.com]
  
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• Why Many People Say an Apology for the Slave Trade Is Not Enough

  13-07-2026 07:39 via socialpsychology.org
  Source:Al JazeeraFor many descendants of enslaved Africans, a formal apology for the transatlantic slave trade is inadequate. As calls for reparations gain momentum, they say an apology without meaningful action cannot counter generations of injustice. The debate is receiving global attention after the "Next Steps" conference on slavery and reparatory justice, held in Accra June 17-19, brought together heads of state, policymakers, legal experts, and civil...
  
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• Second Pregnancy Changes the Brain in Surprising New Ways

  13-07-2026 07:39 via socialpsychology.org
  Source: Science Daily - Top HealthResearchers have found that every pregnancy rewires the brain in its own way, with a second pregnancy bringing a different pattern of changes than the first. This finding, reported in the journal Nature Communications, could lead to better treatments of maternal mental health challenges, including peripartum depression. The study also identified links between structural changes in the brain and peripartum depression during both first and second...
  
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• Scientists May Have Solved Mystery of Earth's Largest Mass Extinction

  13-07-2026 07:39 via socialpsychology.org
  Source: Science Daily - Top NewsWhy do beaches today have seashells from clams and snails instead of brachiopods? A new study suggests that the answer lies in Earth's greatest mass extinction, when warming oceans and falling oxygen levels wiped out animals that couldn't adapt. Species with body plans and metabolisms better suited to the changing conditions survived and went on to dominate the seas, offering a glimpse of how modern marine life could respond to climate change.
  
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• Gray Whales Facing "Catastrophic" Depletion From Climate Crisis

  13-07-2026 07:39 via socialpsychology.org
  Source: The Guardian - Climate CrisisClimate change is driving a gray whale "catastrophic mortality event" in the Pacific Ocean as melting sea ice depletes food sources and the whales starve, environmental groups warn. Meanwhile, ship strikes, oil spills, and microplastic pollution are also likely contributing to a die-off that has nearly halved the whales' estimated population. The population has fallen from 20,000 in 2019 to fewer than 13,000 in 2026, and the deaths appear to be...
  
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• Earliest Right-Handedness Emerged 550 Million Years Ago, Fossil Suggests

  13-07-2026 07:39 via socialpsychology.org
  Source: Google News - HealthScientists have uncovered what may be the earliest evidence of "right-handedness" in the animal kingdom, dating back more than half a billion years. The discovery comes from the fossil record of Spriggina floundersi, an organism that lived about 550 million years ago. These new findings, published in the journal Scientific Reports, suggest that the origins of left-right asymmetry in animals evolved far earlier than previously recognized.
  
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