{
  "id": 19518942,
  "title": "Why the doomsday prediction of 1960 matters today",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/11/11/why-the-doomsday-prediction-of-1960-matters-today",
  "topic": "science",
  "section": "Science",
  "published": "2026-11-11T16:00:50.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "Medical Xpress",
    "slug": "medical-xpress",
    "url": "https://medicalxpress.com/news/2026-11-doomsday-today.html"
  },
  "original_language": "en",
  "account": null,
  "summary": "According to the late Heinz von Foerster, Friday, Nov. 13, 2026, is doomsday. Professor von Foerster and two colleagues at the University of Illinois published that prediction in 1960 in the respected journal Science. The paper has been widely discussed ever since.",
  "key_points": [],
  "editors_take": null,
  "illustration": null,
  "coverage": {
    "outlets": 1,
    "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."
}