Every kid who has read a comic book or watched a Spider-Man movie has tried to imagine what it would be like to shoot a web from their wrist, fly over streets, and pin down villains. Researchers at ...

In a first-of-its-kind experiment, NASA recreated the conditions needed to make the iconic Mars "spiders" seen on the Red Planet. Earlier this year, the Mars Express captured photo evidence of these ...

For the first time, Nasa scientists have successfully recreated the Martian 'spiders' in laboratory conditions, simulating the extreme temperatures and air pressure found on the Red Planet. In 2003, ...

A new approach to monitoring arachnid behavior could help understand their social dynamics, as well as their habitat’s health. By Andrew Paul Published Apr 2, 2024 10:51 AM EDT Get the Popular Science ...

Every kid who has read a comic book or watched a Spider-Man movie has tried to imagine what it would be like to shoot a web from their wrist, fly over streets, and pin down villains. Researchers at ...

For years, the CRISPR-Cas9 genome technology has been reshaping genetic engineering, a precision tool to transform everything from agriculture to medicine. With its incredible efficiency, this ...

It's well understood that spiders have poor eyesight and thus sense the vibrations in their webs whenever prey (like a fly) gets caught; the web serves as an extension of their sensory system. But ...