{
  "id": 15593466,
  "title": "Horrible, unmanly, indispensable",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/10/19/horrible-unmanly-indispensable",
  "topic": "science",
  "section": "Science",
  "published": "2026-10-19T10:00:00.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "Aeon",
    "slug": "aeon",
    "url": "https://aeon.co/essays/the-renaissance-gun-from-diabolical-device-to-popular-militias"
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  "original_language": "en",
  "account": null,
  "summary": "Renaissance Italians saw the gun as the Devil’s work. But soon they embraced this unchivalrous – and necessary – weapon - by Catherine Fletcher Read on Aeon",
  "key_points": [],
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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."
}