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1,136 results for: Spiders

  1. Health & Medicine

    Little Mind Benders

    Parasites that sneak into the brain may alter your behavior and health.

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  2. Life

    Nouveaux Antennas

    A single hairlike appendage may allow a cell to sense the outside world

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  3. Life

    Life

    A spider that's drawn to smelly socks, plus more in this week's news

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  4. Humans

    Humans

    Subliminal messages can help fight phobias, plus more in this week’s news.

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  5. Spider Silk by Leslie Brunetta and Catherine L. Craig

    Arachnid evolution is woven into this history of one of the strongest natural materials. SPIDER SILK BY LESLIE BRUNETTA AND CATHERINE L. CRAIG Yale Univ. Press, 2010, 229 p., $30.

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  6. Life

    Biology’s big bang had a long fuse

    The fossil record’s earliest troves of animal life are the result of more than 200 million years of evolution.

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  7. DNA on the move

    The latest advances from the field of DNA nanotechnology include nanobot ‘spiders’ learning how to walk and even do some work.

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  8. Earth

    Ancient fossil sheds light on early evolution of body armor

    A relative of today’s crabs and insects, the 10-legged, 520-million-year-old find may be the earliest known example of its kind with protected, jointed limbs.

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  9. Science & Society

    Youthful ingenuity honored at Intel ISEF

    Young scientists receive awards for insights applicable to cancer treatment, homeland security, water supplies and more.

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  10. Animals

    Male spiders have safe(r) sex with siblings

    In a cannibalistic species, brothers minimize risk when mating with their sisters.

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  11. The Digital Camera Revolution

    Instead of imitating film counterparts, new technologies work with light in creative ways.

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  12. Life

    Vegetarian spider

    The first known spider with a predominantly meatless diet nibbles trees.

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