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  "id": 139417,
  "title": "'Darwin’s hypothesis provided an important inspiration': Scientists bolster 150-year-old Darwinian theory with a carnivorous plant in China",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/08/04/darwins-hypothesis-provided-an-important-inspiration-scientists",
  "topic": "science",
  "section": "Science",
  "published": "2026-08-04T16:42:06.000Z",
  "source": {
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    "url": "https://www.livescience.com/planet-earth/plants/darwins-hypothesis-provided-an-important-inspiration-scientists-bolster-150-year-old-darwinian-theory-with-a-carnivorous-plant-in-china"
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  "original_language": "en",
  "account": null,
  "summary": "Researchers have confirmed that a plant native to alpine regions in southwest China is carnivorous, supporting a Darwinian theory from 1875.",
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      {
        "outlet": "New Scientist",
        "title": "Darwin proved right about gnat-trapping carnivorous plant",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/08/04/darwin-proved-right-about-gnat-trapping-carnivorous-plant",
        "published": "2026-08-04T15:00:00.000Z"
      },
      {
        "outlet": "Phys.org",
        "title": "Sticky alpine flower confirms Darwin's 150-year-old carnivorous plant prediction",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/08/04/sticky-alpine-flower-confirms-darwins-150-year-old-carnivorous-plant",
        "published": "2026-08-04T19:40:06.000Z"
      },
      {
        "outlet": "Live Science",
        "title": "'Darwin’s hypothesis provided an important inspiration': Scientists bolster 150-year-old Darwinian theory with a carnivorous plant in China",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/08/05/darwins-hypothesis-provided-an-important-inspiration-scientists",
        "published": "2026-08-05T11:03:03.000Z"
      }
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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."
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