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SCIENTIFIC STUDY OF SPIDERS
Two golden silk orb weavers lived on the ISS for two months; most space-built webs became nearly symmetric, but under light the spiders used brightness as a new sense of upA fascinating study involving spiders in the International Space Station concluded that in microgravity, these creatures built webs that ex...- In 1984, NASA sent about 3,300 honeybees into space to test comb-building without gravity; the colony built about 31 square inches of honeycombIn 1984, honeybees traveled aboard the Space Shuttle Challenger for a unique student experiment. These bees successfully built honeycomb an...
- Rotating garbage island bigger than many countries is floating in Pacific: This 1.6 million sq km patch contains 1.8 trillion pieces of plastic & is causing serious harm to natureThe Great Pacific Garbage Patch represents a vast area of ocean pollution, containing trillions of plastic pieces and thousands of tonnes o...
- In 2020, 10-year-old Murphy picked up a tiny spider from a remote Australian island; he took it to experts, who later identified a completely new species & named it after himA young boy discovered a previously unknown spider species on a remote Australian island. Scientists later identified the tiny wolf spider ...
- In 1995, NASA ditched space for an experiment and got spiders stoned on marijuana, caffeine, chloral hydrate, etc.; one of these made spiders’ webs wonky and disorganised. It was not marijuanaUsually, NASA is synonymous with space missions and exploring the cosmos. Yet one time, the researchers at NASA became temporary behavioura...
- In 1990, Guatemala launched an ambitious mahogany restoration program in Petén to combat deforestation. Years later, it produced Central America's largest natural forest and transformed the province into a global conservation modelGuatemala's 1990 mahogany restoration program changed the future of the country's forests. Instead of losing more rainforest, the Maya Bios...
- In 2016, Barack Obama's name ended up on a newly discovered parasite, but it was an honor, and scientists had this to sayBaracktrema obamai - the unusual name may attract attention, but its evolutionary significance is what makes the discovery truly fascinatin...
- These houseplants caught NASA's attention - here's what they found and how you may benefitNASA houseplant study: NASA researched common houseplants for their air-purifying capabilities. These plants showed potential in removing s...
- Psychology says people who are scared of cockroaches, bugs or house lizard aren't weak: What this behavior means, the psychology behind it, and what studies explainPsychology says people who are scared of cockroaches, bugs or house lizard aren't always reacting without reason. Psychology explains that ...
- Scientists found a desert-adapted pest-fighting mite that could help protect crops across the world's driest regionsChilean researchers have stumbled upon a population of the beneficial predatory mite, Phytoseiulus persimilis, thriving in the extremely ar...
- Forget deadbeat dads: These devoted spiders guard their babies, and science finally knows whyCitizen science data from iNaturalist, combined with decades of fieldwork, has revealed the complex evolutionary history of parental care i...
- This tiny spider uses city lights to become an efficient urban predatorA minuscule spider, Pikelinia floydmuraria, is revolutionizing predator behavior studies by hunting prey significantly larger than itself. ...
- Spiders the size of a human hand are spreading throughout the USGiant Joro spiders from East Asia are spreading across America. These impressive weavers are establishing themselves in new regions. Their ...
- Why Spiders Are Getting Bigger in Cities — What Urban Evolution Is Quietly ChangingCity spiders are growing bigger. Studies show urban spiders are larger and more fertile. This is linked to warmer city temperatures and abu...
- Stranger Things in space? Mind Flayer–like formation near Jupiter sparks alien life speculationScientists found a strange pattern on Jupiter's moon Europa. This formation looks like the Mind Flayer from Stranger Things. NASA believes ...
- Team including Indian researcher wins 2023 Ig Nobel prizeA team of scientists from India, China, Malaysia, and the US has won the Ig Nobel Prize in the mechanical engineering category for their st...
- Scientists unravel jumping strategies of spidersLondon, May 9 (IANS) In a study that could lead to new generation of micro-robots inspired by mature, scientists have unlocked the secrets ...
- New spider species named after Bob Marley
- Meet Obama, a new coral-reef fish!New York, Dec 22 (IANS) After a trapdoor spider, a speckled freshwater darter (fish), a parasitic hairworm and an extinct lizard, outgoing ...
- Scientists trash the notion that Spider-Man can actually do his actPeople will believe what they want to. As in several other matters, in the case of superheroes, too, faith tends to trump rationalism.
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