A fun experiment explores how a spider reacts when spun gently, revealing surprising insights into its balance and movement.

Every kid who has read a comic book or watched a Spider-Man movie has tried to imagine what it would be like to shoot a web from their wrist, fly over streets, and pin down villains. Researchers at ...

Slowly but surely, we are making good on the gadgets we imagined, as kids, that the future would hold. Penny Brown’s video watch from Inspector Gadget? Check. The Starfleet tricorder from Star Trek?

A new study has revealed why some spiders possess venom that is far more potent than others. By analyzing the venoms of more than 70 different spider species, the team explored whether factors such as ...

In a first-of-its-kind experiment, NASA recreated the conditions needed to make the iconic Mars "spiders" seen on the Red Planet. Earlier this year, the Mars Express captured photo evidence of these ...

For years, the CRISPR-Cas9 genome technology has been reshaping genetic engineering, a precision tool to transform everything from agriculture to medicine. With its incredible efficiency, this ...