{
  "id": 10435720,
  "title": "Why the World’s Biggest Radio Telescope Had to Tweak Nature’s Perfect Sunflower Spiral",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/09/28/why-the-worlds-biggest-radio-telescope-had-to-tweak-natures-perfect",
  "topic": "science",
  "section": "Science",
  "published": "2026-09-28T11:27:30.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "Universe Today",
    "slug": "universe-today",
    "url": "https://www.universetoday.com/articles/why-the-worlds-biggest-radio-telescope-had-to-tweak-natures-perfect-sunflower-spiral"
  },
  "original_language": "en",
  "account": null,
  "summary": "Scientists love taking inspiration from nature. The evolutionary processes that have created such a diverse panoply of life on Earth can be a great source of ideas in solving technical problems. One such example is the pattern of sunflower seeds - they are arranged in a mathematically optimized pattern known as a Vogel spiral, and the international team building the Square Kilometer Array (SKA)…",
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  "coverage": {
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  "disclaimer": "Summaries, key points and the editor’s take are written by software from other outlets’ reporting and may contain errors — always check the linked original."
}