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Hundreds of neutron stars have exhibited 'glitches' in their spin-down rates — an indication of ultra-dense superfluids in their interiors. Now one highly magnetized star has shown a surprising glitch in the 'wrong' direction. See Letter p.591

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  1. Robert C. Duncan is in the Department of Astronomy, University of Texas at Austin, Austin, Texas 78712, USA.,

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Duncan, R. A glimpse inside a magnetar. Nature 497, 574–576 (2013). https://doi.org/10.1038/497574a

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