{
  "id": 7848029,
  "title": "20 scientists who were ridiculed for ideas we now know were right",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/09/16/20-scientists-who-were-ridiculed-for-ideas-we-now-know-were-right",
  "topic": "science",
  "section": "Science",
  "published": "2026-09-16T18:56:04.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "Quartz",
    "slug": "quartz",
    "url": "https://qz.com/scientists-ridiculed-ideas-proven-right"
  },
  "original_language": "en",
  "account": null,
  "summary": "These 20 scientists were ridiculed for ideas that broke with consensus, only for later research to confirm exactly what they had argued all along",
  "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."
}