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  "id": 17191127,
  "title": "Book Review: An Optimistic Defense of Uncertainty in Science",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/10/30/book-review-an-optimistic-defense-of-uncertainty-in-science",
  "topic": "science",
  "section": "Science",
  "published": "2026-10-30T07:00:00.000Z",
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    "url": "https://undark.org/2026/10/30/book-review-it-could-be-otherwise/"
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  "original_language": "en",
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  "summary": "At an uncertain moment in the sciences, Stuart Firestein argues in favor of optimism in “It Could Be Otherwise,” since uncertainty leaves room for possibility, and possibility drives curiosity, imagination, and the agency to study the peculiarities of the natural world.",
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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."
}