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Scientists Digitally Dissect Fossil Spider
Using a technique called very high-resolution x-ray computed tomography, researchers at the University of Manchester dissected a 50 million year old spider encased in amber. As reported in Zootaxa, leveraging the same technology used in CAT scans, it can make...Posted on October 31, 2007 11:38 PM • 4 Comments •
Giant Mechanical Riding Spider
Credit where credit is due. We got this cordial heads-up from the Mondo Spider team in the comments section of the Tate Gallery Spider post: "Big deal. A spider that sits there and does nothing... We built a 1500Lb mechanical...Posted on October 5, 2007 2:55 PM • 4 Comments •
Giant Spider Attacks Tate Modern
Famed artist, Louise Bourgeois, clearly had an interesting relationship with her mother. Her new installation at the Tate Modern, Maman (1999) is a giant 30ft sculpture made of bronze, steel and marble and was intended as an "ode to my...Posted on October 4, 2007 10:49 AM • 7 Comments •
Hyper Intelligent Spiders Work Together to Lure, Trap and Eat Human Prey
So that title may be a little sensationalistic... but the web is alive this morning (no pun intended) with stories about an enormous series of interconnected webs spread out over a 200 yard area in North Texas. Researchers and visitors...Posted on August 30, 2007 10:54 AM • 5 Comments •
Secrets of Black Widow Silk Revealed
Tougher than steel and Kevlar, the silk of the black widow spider has long been coveted by manufacturing companies, defense contractors and comic-book reading nerds as a possible material of the future.Scientists have spent years decoding pieces of the spiders'...Posted on June 19, 2007 2:34 PM • 0 Comments •
Where Little Mermaids Fear to Tread
The Antarctic Benthic Deep-Sea Biodiversity Project (ANDEEP) has been working on an unprecedented project to document marine life near the bottom of the Antarctic Ocean. 80% of the isopods identified are entirely new species. Another species, foraminifera, single celled organisms...Posted on May 21, 2007 2:57 PM • 0 Comments •
