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  "id": 19704276,
  "title": "How to test whether brain organoids possess consciousness",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/11/12/how-to-test-whether-brain-organoids-possess-consciousness",
  "topic": "science",
  "section": "Science",
  "published": "2026-11-12T20:00:16.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "Medical Xpress",
    "slug": "medical-xpress",
    "url": "https://medicalxpress.com/news/2026-11-brain-organoids-consciousness.html"
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  "original_language": "en",
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  "summary": "The development of brain organoids is advancing at a breakneck pace. Researchers are creating tiny cell clusters in the lab that behave like fragments of the human brain. Whether such organoids could develop intelligence—or even consciousness—remains a matter of debate. Professor Lucia Melloni of Ruhr University Bochum, Germany, and Professor Stanislas Dehaene of the Collège de France in Paris…",
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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."
}