{
  "id": 17296597,
  "title": "Sealed Under 2 Miles of Ice for 15 Million Years, Antarctica's Lake Vostok May Harbor Hidden Life",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/10/30/sealed-under-2-miles-of-ice-for-15-million-years-antarcticas-lake",
  "topic": "science",
  "section": "Science",
  "published": "2026-10-30T21:15:00.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "Discover Magazine",
    "slug": "discover-magazine",
    "url": "https://www.discovermagazine.com/sealed-under-2-miles-of-ice-for-15-million-years-antarctica-s-lake-vostok-may-harbor-hidden-life-49881"
  },
  "original_language": "en",
  "account": null,
  "summary": "Learn how researchers study Lake Vostok beneath miles of Antarctic ice, and why genetic traces have sparked debate over what might live there.",
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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."
}