{
  "id": 185834,
  "title": "Why being born helpless may be one of humanity's greatest strengths",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/08/05/why-being-born-helpless-may-be-one-of-humanitys-greatest-strengths",
  "topic": "science",
  "section": "Science",
  "published": "2026-08-05T17:20:01.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "Phys.org",
    "slug": "phys-org",
    "url": "https://phys.org/news/2026-08-born-helpless-humanity-greatest-strengths.html"
  },
  "original_language": "en",
  "account": null,
  "summary": "Babies start out life helpless and stay that way for a long time. They cannot walk, feed themselves or survive without an adult's continued care. Our dependency timeline has no clear parallel elsewhere in the animal kingdom.",
  "key_points": [],
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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."
}