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  "id": 16941874,
  "title": "This week’s new questions",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/10/28/this-weeks-new-questions",
  "topic": "science",
  "section": "Science",
  "published": "2026-10-28T18:00:00.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "New Scientist",
    "slug": "new-scientist",
    "url": "https://www.newscientist.com/article/2595718-this-weeks-new-questions-369/"
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  "original_language": "en",
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  "summary": "If aliens with technology similar to ours lived on a planet orbiting Proxima centauri (the next-nearest star), would we be able to see unmistakable signs of a technological civilisation? Of life? And what is the advantage of eggs over live births?",
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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."
}