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  1. Animals

    Intricate silk helps net-casting spiders ensnare prey in webs

    Rufous net-casting spiders can tune the stiffness and elasticity of their webs thanks to loops of silk, scanning electron microscope images reveal.

    By Emily Conover
  2. Health & Medicine

    A lab on wheels is tracking HIV spread in war-torn Ukraine

    During a test drive, the mobile lab van uncovered a drug-resistant HIV strain that sprung up after the ongoing war with Russia started.

    By Kamal Nahas
  3. Planetary Science

    Venus has a massive lava tube

    A collapsed lava tube detected in 30-year-old radar data from Venus may be part of a much wider network of underground caves.

    By Tom Metcalfe
  4. Archaeology

    Iron Age mass grave may hold unusual victims: mostly women and children

    A land dispute may have led to the massacre 3,000 years ago, suggesting Europe’s transition to farming wasn’t always peaceful.