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  "id": 28453,
  "title": "The body’s hidden light detectors",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/07/27/the-bodys-hidden-light-detectors",
  "topic": "science",
  "section": "Science",
  "published": "2026-07-27T00:00:27.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "Knowable Magazine",
    "slug": "knowable-magazine",
    "url": "https://knowablemagazine.org/content/article/living-world/2026/animals-sense-light-many-ways-with-opsins"
  },
  "original_language": "en",
  "account": null,
  "summary": "From camouflage to timekeeping to wound healing, light-sensing proteins called opsins perform all kinds of jobs in nature beyond helping creatures to see",
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  "coverage": {
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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."
}