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1,180 results for: Spiders
- Science & Society
What’s ahead for science in 2017?
Science News writers reveal what they are watching for — and hoping for — in the year ahead.
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November 12, 2016
In the Nov. 12 SN: Robot awakening, rethinking nature’s constants, eggs from stem cells, debut of time crystals, dating Saturn’s rings, spiders are listening, roller coaster therapy, photography face-off and more.
- Animals
Be careful what you say around jumping spiders
Sensitive leg hairs may let jumping spiders hear sounds through the air at much greater distances than researchers imagined.
- Life
Scientists need to redraw picture of cell’s biggest organelle
A close-up view of the cell’s endoplasmic reticulum reveals a different structure.
- Animals
Primitive signs of emotions spotted in sugar-buzzed bumblebees
When bumblebees eat a sugary snack, they make more optimistic decisions, a new study finds. This could be early evidence for emotion in insects.
- Animals
Tiny structures give a peacock spider its radiant rump
Peacock spiders use pigments and complex nanostructures to achieve bright dance costumes.
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September 17, 2016
In the Sept. 17 SN: Microbial dark matter, fish farming gone wild, Proxima Centauri’s planet, Iceman attire, Lucy’s controversial autopsy, peacock spider posterior patterns, coding quantum data and more.
- Animals
The weird mating habits of daddy longlegs
Scientists studying the sex lives of daddy longlegs are finding there’s a lot of diversity among this group of arachnids.
- Animals
Diversity of indoor insects, spiders adds to life’s luxuries in high-income neighborhoods
A massive survey of indoor spiders and insects in town finds dozens of different scientific families in homes, more in high-income neighborhoods.
- Tech
SPIDER shrinks telescopes with far-out design
Researchers hope new approach to interferometry and photonics will replace standard telescopes and long-range cameras where room is scarce.
- Animals
To prevent cannibalism, bring chocolate
If a date goes bad for a nursery web spider, a romantic gift can serve as a shield.
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August 6, 2016
In the Aug. 6 SN: Secrets of Earth's iron-lovers, big dreams for small telescopes, spiders bearing gifts, valuable junk DNA, a cosmic expansion mismatch, amphibian escape artists and more.
