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  "id": 11126100,
  "title": "Quantum fields carry energy. Does that prove that they’re real?",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/10/01/quantum-fields-carry-energy-does-that-prove-that-theyre-real",
  "topic": "science",
  "section": "Science",
  "published": "2026-10-01T06:00:00.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "Big Think",
    "slug": "big-think",
    "url": "https://bigthink.com/starts-with-a-bang/quantum-fields-energy/"
  },
  "original_language": "en",
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  "summary": "One of the biggest questions that appears right at the intersection of physics and philosophy is as simple as it is puzzling: what is real? Is reality simply described by the particles that exist — that make us up, that we interact with, and that we can observe and measure — atop the background of spacetime that’s described by General Relativity? Is it fundamentally wrong to describe these…",
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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."
}