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  "id": 6428014,
  "title": "Winter work shows it really pays to be a smart mountain chickadee",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/09/09/winter-work-shows-it-really-pays-to-be-a-smart-mountain-chickadee",
  "topic": "science",
  "section": "Science",
  "published": "2026-09-09T13:30:00.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "Science News",
    "slug": "science-news",
    "url": "https://www.sciencenews.org/article/wild-mountain-chickadee-cognition-study"
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  "original_language": "en",
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  "summary": "By studying chickadee cognition in the wild, researchers learned smarter birds stay smart in old age, produce more young and have better gut bacteria.",
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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."
}