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A researcher at a Japanese university has created violin strings from spider silk, and many people are impressed by the sounds.
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Spiders are well-known for their ability to spin webs which are strong and made of adhesive qualities, however one spider has been discovered to possess the "most stretchable" egg sac silk tested to date.
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A New Jersey man spends a lot of time outdoors, collecting the central pieces for his works of art - the webs of spiders.
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Brown recluse spiders, known for their necrosis-inducing bite, may expand to other part of the US due to global warming, a new report shows, leading to a possible increase of bite misdiagnoses already occurring outside the spider’s endemic area.
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Yellow-sac spiders, who like to build webs in the emission systems of Mazda6 cars, have led to a recall of about 65,000 vehicles.
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A man who was trying to kill a spider in his bathroom was blown off his feet and ended up in hospital with flash burns to several areas of his body.
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After a nude romp in the waves at Northland Beach in New Zealand, a tourist got more then he bargained for when a Katipo spider bit him on the penis as he sunbathed au naturel at a popular spot for locals and vacationers.
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It can grow to the size of the average human hand and is exactly what you would picture an overtly large spider to look like.
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Researchers recently identified the world's first vegetarian spider in the jungles of Central America. The spider's diet consists almost entirely of plant buds.
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UK singer David Bowie has every reason to be proud of his famous name. But for it to be used to name a recently discovered specie of spider in Malaysia, it would most definitely entangle Bowie in a WEB of bewilderment.
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Spider silk's adaptability and the "clever design" of webs are key to the remarkable strength of these structures, experiments reveal.
Orb-weaving spiders avoid sticking to their own webs because of the way they move, say scientists.
Producers of Spider-Man: Turn off the Dark agree to pay sacked director Julie Taymor hundreds of thousands of dollars in royalties.
Experts say they have seen an increase in the number of Britain's most dangerous spider, the false widow. But should it worry us?
Spider-Man: Turn Off the Dark, which was written by U2's Bono and The Edge, garners the highest single-week takings of any show in Broadway history.
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Scientists are still discovering new species of Jumping spider; this male Habronattus mataxus photographed at Padre Island National Seashore near Corpus Christi, Texas. is not quite full-grown.
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UPDATE: As we always do for the box office, it is the estimates first and then the actuals. So, the actuals are in and...
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There has now been a pleasant surprise two weeks in a row at the box office. It comes from the same film, too. That...
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Several local and international newspapers operate from Pakistan, updating the nation and the global community of...
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The Starz production of "Boss" calls Chicago home and with it brings employment for many. It also provides an...
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Finally, comic book fans can enjoy the latest trailer for The Amazing Spider-Man, starring Andrew Garfield in the title...
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