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  1. Tech

    Origami outfits help these bots change tasks swiftly

    These robots change shape by slipping into different origami exoskeletons.

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  2. Animals

    To test sleep, researchers don’t let sleeping jellyfish lie

    Upside-down jellyfish are the first known animals without a brain to enter a sleeplike state.

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  3. Physics

    Turning up the heat on electrons reveals an elusive physics phenomenon

    Heating a strip of platinum creates a “spin current” in the material’s electrons due to the spin Nernst effect.

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  4. Anthropology

    Neandertal kids were a lot like kids today — at least in how they grew

    Ancient youngster’s spine and brain grew at relatively slow pace.