{
  "id": 1583780,
  "title": "A 3.5-Billion-Year-Old Rock in India May Preserve Carbon Left Behind by Some of Earth’s Earliest Microbes",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/08/17/a-3-5-billion-year-old-rock-in-india-may-preserve-carbon-left-behind",
  "topic": "science",
  "section": "Science",
  "published": "2026-08-17T22:30:00.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "Discover Magazine",
    "slug": "discover-magazine",
    "url": "https://www.discovermagazine.com/a-3-5-billion-year-old-rock-in-india-may-preserve-carbon-left-behind-by-some-of-earth-s-earliest-microbes-49554"
  },
  "original_language": "en",
  "account": null,
  "summary": "Learn how zircon crystals and carbon chemistry helped researchers investigate a possible record of life from 3.5 billion years ago.",
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  "coverage": {
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  },
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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."
}