{
  "id": 15072956,
  "title": "Scientists uncover mystery of how snail shells coil to the right or to the left",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/10/16/scientists-uncover-mystery-of-how-snail-shells-coil-to-the-right-or",
  "topic": "science",
  "section": "Science",
  "published": "2026-10-16T23:40:10.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "Phys.org",
    "slug": "phys-org",
    "url": "https://phys.org/news/2026-10-scientists-uncover-mystery-snail-shells.html"
  },
  "original_language": "en",
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  "summary": "Scientists have discovered a gene that determines whether Japanese snails develop shells that are left- or right-coiling—with implications for understanding the underlying handedness of our own bodies. The researchers from the University of Nottingham and Tohoku University studied wild Euhadra snails in Japan to understand what makes one snail a mirror image of another.",
  "key_points": [],
  "editors_take": null,
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  "coverage": {
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    "also_reported_by": []
  },
  "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."
}