{
  "id": 14103977,
  "title": "Why science’s contract with society needs citizens as research partners",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/10/12/why-sciences-contract-with-society-needs-citizens-as-research-partners",
  "topic": "science",
  "section": "Science",
  "published": "2026-10-12T07:39:15.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "The Hindu - Sci-Tech",
    "slug": "the-hindu-sci-tech",
    "url": "https://www.thehindu.com/sci-tech/science/science-contract-society-citizens-research-partners/article71574135.ece"
  },
  "original_language": "en",
  "account": null,
  "summary": "While governments, as the patrons, are entitled to establish broad priorities and expectations, they should not use science policy as an excuse to politically micromanage research",
  "key_points": [],
  "editors_take": null,
  "illustration": null,
  "coverage": {
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  },
  "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."
}