{
    "byline": "Joseph Trevithick\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\tDeputy Editor",
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    "excerpt": "The U.S. government set off conventional explosives inside a tunnel deep in the Nevada desert this week in a test designed to replicate a so-called \u201cdecoupled\u201d nuclear detonation. Data collected is now being used to help improve methods for detecting this kind of nuclear testing. Just earlier this year, American authorities accused China of using decoupling to conceal new nuclear tests despite the country\u2019s stated moratorium on such activities.",
    "lang": null,
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    "title": "U.S. Mimics \u201cDecoupled\u201d Nuclear Detonation By Blowing Up A Tunnel Conventionally"
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