{
  "id": 679546,
  "title": "Dogs can tell fear from sadness — and scientists saw it in their brains",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/08/11/dogs-can-tell-fear-from-sadness-and-scientists-saw-it-in-their-brains",
  "topic": "science",
  "section": "Science",
  "published": "2026-08-11T14:09:01.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "ScienceDaily",
    "slug": "sciencedaily",
    "url": "https://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2026/08/260811011132.htm"
  },
  "original_language": "en",
  "account": null,
  "summary": "Dogs may understand our emotions more deeply than scientists realized. Brain scans show that happy human faces activate regions in dogs linked to higher-level processing and reward, suggesting that smiles carry special emotional significance for them.",
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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."
}