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Spider conversations decoded with the help of machine learning and contact microphones
A new approach to monitoring arachnid behavior could help understand their social dynamics, as well as their habitat’s health. By Andrew Paul | Published Apr 2, 2024 10:51 AM EDT Spiders communicate using complex movement and vibration patterns. Deposit Photos SHARE Arachnids are born dancers. After millions of years of evolution, many species rely on
Meet “The Spider”: Avant Unveils its Tallest Lift, the Leguan 225 (Video)
After introducing a 62-foot-tall spider lift in the U.S. a few years ago, Avant Tecno has followed up with the new Leguan 225 as dealers and customers called for more reach, height and capacity.The new spider lift is the largest from Finland-based Avant’s Leguan Lifts subsidiary. It can reach a working height of 74 feet
Male spider mites rip off females’ skin to be first to mate with them
Life Due to fierce competition for mates, male spider mites guard juvenile females and forcibly remove their skin as they near adulthood so they can secure the first mating By Alice Klein A male spider mite guarding a femalePeter Schausberger, University of Vienna Male spider mites closely guard juvenile females and tear off their outer
Spider bites: First aid
Most spider bites cause only minor injury. Bites from a few spider species can be dangerous. Seek medical care right away if: You were bitten by a dangerous spider, such as a black widow or a brown recluse. You're unsure whether the bite was from a dangerous spider. You have severe pain, stomach cramping or
Tiny Spider Fells Prey Many Times Its Size
A spider that caught and devoured a much larger shrew for its meal adds to evidence that more spiders aren’t strangers to dining on vertebratesNoble false widow spider (Steatoda nobilis). Credit: Lee Dalton/Alamy Stock PhotoDawn Sturgess looked out her bedroom window in southern England one day last summer just in time to witness an arachnophobe’s nightmare:
Spider Man: No Way Home Writers ‘Have Answers’ for Plot Hole, But Can’t Divulge Them Yet
Spider-Man: No Way Home's ending leaves a seemingly major plot hole – one that the writers say they have answers for, but tell us they aren't allowed to divulge right now.Warning: This story contains spoilers for Spider-Man: No Way Home!As I hope you know if you've read this far, the climax of No Way Home…
Using the 4.1-meter SOAR Telescope in Chile, astronomers have discovered the first example of a binary system where a star in the process of becoming a white dwarf is orbiting a neutron star that has just finished turning into a rapidly spinning pulsar. The pair, originally detected by the Fermi Gamma-ray Space Telescope, is a…
Spider fossil sheds light on Australia’s ancient rainforest ecosystem
A suite of plant and animal fossils from a site in New South Wales date back about 16 million years to a time when the region was blanketed in lush rainforests Life 7 January 2022 By Chen Ly Fossil of a mygalomorph spider from the McGraths Flat, AustraliaMichael Frese An immaculately preserved fossil of a…
RPG Cast – Episode 520: “Spider Sores”
Regarding “should I sign up for Apple Arcade”, my issue with any subscription – at all – is that they’re easy to lose track of, and endlessly keep paying for something one might not use. If there is not an easy way to ensure that the subscription’s auto-renew is turned off, then don’t sign up