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- Should you be afraid of the Jor spider? Tue, 15 Mar 22, 4:30amWhat’s bright yellow, venomous and as big as the palm of your hand? It’s the Jorō spider, and it’s spreading up the East Coast. Spider lovers will be wowed by this eight-legged beauty. Arachnophobes might be booking...
- Spiders are becoming aggressive thanks to climate change Fri, 23 Aug 19, 2:30amCan climate change influence a spider's aggressive behavior? According to a recent study, yes! [...]
- Thousands of spiders terrorize Memphis neighborhood with half-mile web Wed, 25 Nov 15, 2:46amWhile state officials are arguing with each other about whether to accept refugees into their borders, an actual nuisance has crept into a northern Memphis suburb...
- Thousands of “ballooning” spiders and their half-mile web terrorize a Memphis neighborhood Wed, 25 Nov 15, 2:46amWhile state officials are arguing with each other about whether to accept refugees into their borders, an actual nuisance has crept into a northern Memphis suburb...
- Gigantic 40-foot-tall spiderwebs engulf streets in Dallas Wed, 12 Aug 15, 1:00amIf you suffer from a touch of the arachnophobia, avoid Dallas, Texas at all costs. The neighborhood of Lakeside Park has become home to a canopy of spiderwebs that cover the trees, spanning forty feet in the air and as long...
- Gigantic communal spiderwebs engulf streets in Dallas Tue, 11 Aug 15, 8:00pmIf you suffer from a touch of the arachnophobia, avoid Dallas, Texas at all costs. The neighborhood of Lakeside Park has become home to a canopy of spiderwebs that cover the trees, spanning forty feet in the air and as long...
- Spraying spiders with graphene helps them spin webs 6 times stronger than normal Wed, 20 May 15, 3:00amIf your spidey sense has been tingling recently, this awesome arachnid discovery may be the cause. Scientists at the University of Trento, Italy had the brilliant idea of combining spider silk, one of nature’s strongest...
- Meet ‘Skeletorus’ and ‘Sparklemuffin’—the world’s newest species of peacock spiders Tue, 10 Mar 15, 12:30amTwo new species of the strikingly-patterned peacock spider have been discovered in southeast Queensland by a graduate student at the University of California, Berkeley...
- NASA to Use Giant 3D Printing Spider Robots to Construct Huge Spacecraft Mon, 2 Sep 13, 11:56pmIt has always been theorized that the construction of large spacecraft would have to be done in orbit. However, a US company called Tethers Unlimited (TUI), which specialises in additive manufacturing and in-orbit assembly,...
- Scientists Create Biodegradable Computer Chips from Spider Silk! Tue, 16 Oct 12, 5:40amSpider Web photo from Shutterstock Spiders are capable of some amazing things – not the least of which is weaving strong-as-steel webs from silk...
- Spiders Spin Silk into Violin Strings Able to Create Superior Symphonic Sounds Tue, 6 Mar 12, 8:40amJapanese scientist and music lover, Shigeyoshi Osaki, has discovered that spider silk can be spun into much more the pesky cobwebs. After studying the eight-legged creepers and their silky habits for over 30 years at the...
- Thousands of Webby Treehouses Spun by Spiders Stave Off Malaria in Pakistan Wed, 30 Mar 11, 12:47amAfter getting washed out by last year’s devastating floods in Pakistan, millions of spiders have been building new homes in thousands of trees throughout the country...
- Spider Silk Produced from Metabolically Engineered Bacteria Mon, 9 Aug 10, 3:00amStronger than steel, yet thinner than a human hair, spider silk is an incredible material created by nature that has amazing potential in real-world application...