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  "id": 3154,
  "url": "https://www.sixthtone.com/news/1018701/Poultry%20Returns:%20Botanist%20Fights%20Off%20the%20Desert%20With%2050,000%20Chickens",
  "title": "Poultry Returns: Botanist Fights Off the Desert With 50,000 Chickens",
  "summary": "While studying degraded grasslands in northern China, one scientist started keeping chickens — and discovered a secret weapon against desertification.",
  "authors": "Li Yonggeng",
  "category": "news",
  "topics": "military-security",
  "orgs": null,
  "regions": "china",
  "published_at": "2026-06-26T00:00:00.000Z",
  "fetched_at": "2026-07-14T16:11:46.979Z",
  "source_slug": "x-sixth-tone-cn",
  "source_name": "Sixth Tone (CN)",
  "source_homepage": "https://www.sixthtone.com",
  "ethics_ai_record_url": "https://ethics.ai/record/3154",
  "original_url": "https://www.sixthtone.com/news/1018701/Poultry%20Returns:%20Botanist%20Fights%20Off%20the%20Desert%20With%2050,000%20Chickens",
  "evidence_status": "source-only",
  "attribution": "via ethics.ai"
}