{
  "id": 6158853,
  "title": "What can a pair of underpants tell you about your vegetable garden?",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/09/07/what-can-a-pair-of-underpants-tell-you-about-your-vegetable-garden",
  "topic": "science",
  "section": "Science",
  "published": "2026-09-07T18:40:02.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "Phys.org",
    "slug": "phys-org",
    "url": "https://phys.org/news/2026-09-pair-underpants-vegetable-garden.html"
  },
  "original_language": "en",
  "account": null,
  "summary": "This summer, 115 participants in Leiden and The Hague worked with scientists from Leiden University to investigate the soil life in their community garden plots. With mangetout peas, a taste test, a buried pair of underpants and a harvest festival, they helped scientists better understand the connection between soil, plants and people.",
  "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."
}