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  "id": 12715905,
  "title": "At 194, a 450-Pound Tortoise Is the Oldest Living Land Animal, and its DNA May Help Explain Why",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/10/07/at-194-a-450-pound-tortoise-is-the-oldest-living-land-animal-and-its",
  "topic": "science",
  "section": "Science",
  "published": "2026-10-07T20:55:00.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "Discover Magazine",
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    "url": "https://www.discovermagazine.com/at-194-a-450-pound-tortoise-is-the-oldest-living-land-animal-and-its-dna-may-help-explain-why-49783"
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  "summary": "Learn how a sample from the tortoise Jonathan’s mouth revealed youthful patterns in his gene regulators that may help explain his nearly two-century lifespan.",
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        "outlet": "Channel News Asia",
        "title": "A 194-year-old tortoise, world's oldest land animal, may hold clues to longer life",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/10/07/a-194-year-old-tortoise-worlds-oldest-land-animal-may-hold-clues-to",
        "published": "2026-10-07T18:07:17.000Z"
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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."
}