{
  "id": 3842929,
  "title": "2,000 Pairs of Buried Underwear Helped Measure Soil Health in This Unusual Experiment",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/08/27/2-000-pairs-of-buried-underwear-helped-measure-soil-health-in-this",
  "topic": "science",
  "section": "Science",
  "published": "2026-08-27T23:00:00.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "Discover Magazine",
    "slug": "discover-magazine",
    "url": "https://www.discovermagazine.com/2-000-pairs-of-buried-underwear-helped-measure-soil-health-in-this-unusual-experiment-49602"
  },
  "original_language": "en",
  "account": null,
  "summary": "Learn why scientists asked 1,000 volunteers to bury their underwear underground and then dig them up again to help study soil health.",
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  "coverage": {
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    "also_reported_by": [
      {
        "outlet": "Phys.org",
        "title": "Buried underwear shows land use is key to soil health",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/08/26/buried-underwear-shows-land-use-is-key-to-soil-health",
        "published": "2026-08-26T17:40:04.000Z"
      }
    ]
  },
  "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."
}