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  "textContent": "When we think of materials, we usually think of substances like metal, concrete, glass or rubber. What these examples have in common is that they are inactive: when pushed, pulled, shifted or sheared they may move or deform, but only by using the energy that is provided from the outside through the forces applied to them.",
  "title": "These restless materials don't just bend under pressure—they snap, crawl, walk and dig on their own"
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