{
  "id": 18709180,
  "title": "The mathematical trick that explains how to find a needle in a haystack",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/11/07/the-mathematical-trick-that-explains-how-to-find-a-needle-in-a",
  "topic": "science",
  "section": "Science",
  "published": "2026-11-07T12:00:00.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "Scientific American",
    "slug": "scientific-american",
    "url": "https://www.scientificamerican.com/article/the-mathematical-trick-that-explains-how-to-find-a-needle-in-a-haystack/"
  },
  "original_language": "en",
  "account": null,
  "summary": "We asked a statistics expert how difficult it would be to find a needle in a haystack—the answer is: just as hard as you think",
  "key_points": [],
  "editors_take": null,
  "illustration": null,
  "coverage": {
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    "also_reported_by": []
  },
  "ai_generated": true,
  "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."
}