{
  "id": 5569287,
  "title": "How hibernating squirrels retain sense of touch in the cold",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/09/04/how-hibernating-squirrels-retain-sense-of-touch-in-the-cold",
  "topic": "science",
  "section": "Science",
  "published": "2026-09-04T12:40:01.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "Phys.org",
    "slug": "phys-org",
    "url": "https://phys.org/news/2026-09-hibernating-squirrels-retain-cold.html"
  },
  "original_language": "en",
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  "summary": "For most mammals, cold suppresses neural activity and diminishes the sense of touch. But the thirteen-lined ground squirrel can detect touch in conditions as low as 4°C (39°F), about as cold as the inside of a refrigerator, finds a new Yale study published in Current Biology.",
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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."
}