{
  "id": 16919326,
  "title": "Caltech Mourns the Passing of Ted Scudder, 1930–2026",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/10/28/caltech-mourns-the-passing-of-ted-scudder-1930-2026",
  "topic": "science",
  "section": "Science",
  "published": "2026-10-28T15:41:02.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "Caltech News",
    "slug": "caltech-news",
    "url": "https://www.caltech.edu/about/news/caltech-mourns-the-passing-of-ted-scudder-19302026"
  },
  "original_language": "en",
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  "summary": "Thayer (Ted) Scudder, Caltech's only professor of anthropology for the latter half of the 20th century, passed away October 22 at the age of 96. He was regarded as a leading specialist on dams and their lasting effects on communities and global ecosystems. \"Ted will be remembered as a world expert on the subject of forced population resettlement due to the construction of large dam projects,\"…",
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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."
}