{
  "id": 6256150,
  "title": "The world map is messing with your head",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/09/08/the-world-map-is-messing-with-your-head",
  "topic": "science",
  "section": "Science",
  "published": "2026-09-08T08:27:49.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "TechCentral",
    "slug": "techcentral",
    "url": "https://techcentral.co.za/mercator-projection-south-africa/285857/"
  },
  "original_language": "en",
  "account": null,
  "summary": "Engineers, surveyors and satellite operators abandoned global Mercator long ago, even if classrooms did not.",
  "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."
}