{
  "id": 9486542,
  "title": "Are baby girls more sociable? Super El Niño, meningitis outbreak explained – podcast",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/09/24/are-baby-girls-more-sociable-super-el-nino-meningitis-outbreak",
  "topic": "science",
  "section": "Science",
  "published": "2026-09-24T04:00:07.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "Guardian Health",
    "slug": "guardian-health",
    "url": "https://www.theguardian.com/science/audio/2026/sep/24/are-baby-girls-more-sociable-super-el-nino-meningitis-outbreak-explained-podcast"
  },
  "original_language": "en",
  "account": null,
  "summary": "Madeleine Finlay sits down with her co-host and Guardian science editor, Ian Sample, to discuss three science stories from the week, including a study that offers a clue in the age-old debate about whether sex differences are present from birth or a product of socialisation. Also on the agenda is the super El Niño, which is predicted to lead to 450,000 deaths in the next six months, and an answer…",
  "key_points": [],
  "editors_take": null,
  "illustration": null,
  "coverage": {
    "outlets": 2,
    "also_reported_by": [
      {
        "outlet": "Guardian Science",
        "title": "Are baby girls more sociable? Super El Niño, meningitis outbreak explained – podcast",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/09/24/are-baby-girls-more-sociable-super-el-nino-meningitis-outbreak-9487549",
        "published": "2026-09-24T04:00:07.000Z"
      }
    ]
  },
  "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."
}