{
  "id": 6600044,
  "title": "When bad luck isn't random: Understanding 'zemblanity'",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/09/10/when-bad-luck-isnt-random-understanding-zemblanity",
  "topic": "science",
  "section": "Science",
  "published": "2026-09-10T14:20:02.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "Phys.org",
    "slug": "phys-org",
    "url": "https://phys.org/news/2026-09-bad-luck-isnt-random-zemblanity.html"
  },
  "original_language": "en",
  "account": null,
  "summary": "In 2025, associate professor Christian Busch's Palisades home burned down in one of the most destructive wildfires in Los Angeles history. Busch says the disaster wasn't blind bad luck; it was a clear case of \"zemblanity,\" which he defines as a patterned and preventable form of misfortune built into the way a system, organization or individual operates.",
  "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."
}