{
  "id": 11035803,
  "title": "Scientists in 1960 predicted Friday 13 November 2026 will be 'Doomsday.' Should you be worried?",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/09/30/scientists-in-1960-predicted-friday-13-november-2026-will-be-doomsday",
  "topic": "science",
  "section": "Science",
  "published": "2026-09-30T21:10:01.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "Phys.org",
    "slug": "phys-org",
    "url": "https://phys.org/news/2026-09-scientists-friday-november-doomsday.html"
  },
  "original_language": "en",
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  "summary": "In 1960, Science, one of the world's leading science journals, published an article with an unambiguous title: Doomsday: Friday, 13 November, A.D. 2026. It predicted that on this future date—just over a month from today—the human population would approach infinity and effectively annihilate itself.",
  "key_points": [],
  "editors_take": null,
  "illustration": null,
  "coverage": {
    "outlets": 1,
    "also_reported_by": []
  },
  "ai_generated": true,
  "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."
}