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  1. Physics

    Vanadium dioxide’s weird phase transition just got weirder

    When shifting from one crystalline structure to another, the atoms inside vanadium dioxide bumble around a lot more than expected.

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  2. Astronomy

    The Milky Way feasted on a smaller galaxy 10 billion years ago

    The Milky Way swallowed another galaxy billions of years ago, and the leftover stars are still roaming the sky.

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  3. Paleontology

    Eggs evolved color and speckles only once — during the age of dinosaurs

    Birds’ colorful eggs were inherited from their nonavian dinosaur ancestors.

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  4. Neuroscience

    Stimulating the spinal cord helps 3 more paralyzed people walk

    There’s more evidence that with targeted spinal cord stimulation, paralyzed people can move voluntarily — and even walk.