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  "id": 13925644,
  "title": "Nobel week: light-controlled brains, particles from outer space and mirror molecules",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/10/12/nobel-week-light-controlled-brains-particles-from-outer-space-and",
  "topic": "science",
  "section": "Science",
  "published": "2026-10-12T04:00:00.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "Scientific American",
    "slug": "scientific-american",
    "url": "https://www.scientificamerican.com/podcast/episode/nobel-week-light-controlled-brains-particles-from-outer-space-and-mirror-molecules/"
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  "original_language": "en",
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  "summary": "Breaking down this year’s Nobel Prize–winning science, from switching brain cells on and off with light to catching cosmic neutrinos in Antarctic ice to building mirror-image molecules. Plus, a 194-year-old tortoise’s DNA might hold the key to a longer life.",
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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."
}