{
  "id": 19511494,
  "title": "How a Metabolic Spark Could Have Jump-Started Life",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/11/11/how-a-metabolic-spark-could-have-jump-started-life",
  "topic": "science",
  "section": "Science",
  "published": "2026-11-11T15:10:30.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "Quanta Magazine",
    "slug": "quanta-magazine",
    "url": "https://www.quantamagazine.org/what-is-the-metabolism-first-theory-for-the-origin-of-life-20261111/"
  },
  "original_language": "en",
  "account": null,
  "summary": "Energetic pathways that make and break complex molecules are critical to all life. It’s even possible that these self-sustaining cycles could have been key at life’s beginning. The post How a Metabolic Spark Could Have Jump-Started Life first appeared on Quanta Magazine",
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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."
}