How does a spider weave its web?
Emily Setton removes the lid from a small, plastic dish on her lab bench. Within the clear, rectangular plate are half-circle wells containing hundreds of round beads about the color and size of couscous—the large kind......»»
NASA"s Fermi detects first gamma-ray eclipses from "spider" star systems
Scientists have discovered the first gamma-ray eclipses from a special type of binary star system using data from NASA's Fermi Gamma-ray Space Telescope. These so-called spider systems each contain a pulsar—the superdense, rapidly rotating remains.....»»
Toxins produced by Amazonian spider have potential for development of drugs and insecticides
An article published in the Journal of Proteome Research by researchers at the Federal University of São Paulo (UNIFESP) and Butantan Institute in Brazil reports the findings of a study that characterized for the first time the venom of the orange-b.....»»
The best Spider-Man movies ever, ranked
Each Spider-Man has brought its own spin to the character, and the films that have come out of those interpretations have varied in quality......»»
Our most anticipated PlayStation 5 games of 2023
From Stellar Blade to Marvel's Spider-Man 2, these are the PlayStation 5 console exclusives you should look forward to in 2022......»»
Punk hairstyles and pirouettes: There"s more to spiders than people think
Spider scientists are an optimistic crowd. Perhaps it's just that we see things from a different angle to arachnophobes. If you don't believe me, look up Theridion grallator. Researchers from my field call this Hawaiian species the happy-face spider.....»»
Marvel’s Spider-Man 2 is eyeing a fall 2023 release date
Marvel's Spider-Man 2 is going to be PS5's big holiday game in 2023, as its currently eyeing a fall release date......»»
Spider-Man: Across the Spider-Verse trailer wows with 6 distinct animation styles
Another sequel is already in the works, along with a Spider-Woman spinoff film. Miles Morales (Shameik Moore) returns in Spider-Man: Across the Spider-Verse. Four years after Spider-Man: Into the Spider-Verse, Miles Morales is back.....»»
All the Marvel Easter eggs in the Spider-Man: Across the Spider-Verse trailer
The first official trailer for Spider-Man: Across the Spider-Verse has been released and we're revealing every Marvel Easter egg in it......»»
Miles Morales faces new dilemma in Spider-Man: Across the Spider-Verse trailer
Miles Morales makes his highly anticipated return to the big screen in Sony's trailer for Spider-Man: Across the Spider-Verse......»»
PlayStation’s Spider-Man cameos in Spider-Man: Across the Spider-Verse trailer
We spotted what looked like Insomniac's version of Spider-Man in the new Spider-Man: Across the Spider-Verse trailer......»»
Aliens-inspired Returnal is coming to PC, and you should probably play it
Housemarque's challenging masterwork is really a PC game at heart. Returnal PC trailer A lesser-known PlayStation 5 game called Returnal is coming to PC, and while it hasn't had as much fanfare as big-ticket titles like Spider-Man.....»»
12 new Marvel characters we want to see in the Spider-Man 4 movie
There are many new characters Tom Holland's Spider-Man could meet in his upcoming fourth solo film in the Marvel Cinematic Universe. Here are 12 possibilities......»»
Male orb-weaving spiders fight less in female-dominated colonies, finds study of spider cooperation
Birds do it. Bees do it. Even spiders in their webs do it: cooperate for more peaceful colonies......»»
Panama confronts illegal trafficking of animals
In a tropical forest beside the Panama Canal, two black-handed spider monkeys swing about their wire enclosure, balanced by their long tails. They arrived at this government rehabilitation center after environmental authorities seized them from peopl.....»»
What ancient underwater food webs can tell us about the future of climate change
What a tangled web we weave. When it comes to the impact of the climate crisis on marine food webs, we apparently have not known the half of it. That's according to a new University of Nevada, Las Vegas (UNLV) study, which compared ancient and modern.....»»
When diplomacy fails: After gifts, Teotihuacan turned on Maya cities
The monkey is the oldest known captive, exported primate in Mesoamerica. Enlarge (credit: Michael Schamis/Flickr/CC) Spider monkeys don’t live anywhere near the central Mexican highlands, including the area around what.....»»
Spider monkey skeleton shows the risks of ancient Maya diplomacy
The monkey is the oldest known captive, exported primate in Mesoamerica. Enlarge (credit: Michael Schamis/Flickr/CC) Spider monkeys don’t live anywhere near the central Mexican highlands, including the area around what.....»»
1,700-year-old spider monkey remains point to earliest evidence of primate captivity, translocation and gift diplomacy
The complete skeletal remains of a spider monkey—seen as an exotic curiosity in pre-Hispanic Mexico—gives researchers new evidence regarding social-political ties between two ancient powerhouses: Teotihuacán and Maya Indigenous rulers......»»
Sony’s Miles Morales was at least as good as Spider-Man, and now it’s on PC, too
Graphical enhancements and a focus on varied input methods headline the port. The spinoff game has a Christmas, winter setting. [credit:.....»»
The one setting that deflates playing Spider-Man Miles Morales on PC
Spider-Man Miles Morales is a fantastic PC port, but Nvidia's DLSS 3 feature can sour the experience quite a bit......»»