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Millions of golden spiders
Animal world

Millions of golden spiders

Millions of tiny yellow spiders are appearing throughout England, clinging to walls, door handles and trees.

December 16, 2018
Discovered three new species in New Zealand cave
Animal world

Discovered three new species in New Zealand cave

New Zealand's National Water and Atmospheric Research Institute (NIWA) on June 27 said divers had discovered three new animals that had never been known during an expedi…

December 16, 2018
Why so little bigger spiders male spiders?
Animal world

Why so little bigger spiders male spiders?

Spiders cling to elastic silk thread, taking advantage of the wind to overcome the distance to feed. And that's why the male spider is always smaller than the female spi…

December 16, 2018
Spiders also like 'virgin'
Animal world

Spiders also like 'virgin'

A surprisingly unexpected finding: male spiders prefer to mate with female spiders and silk rather than choose big and experienced girls.

December 16, 2018
Spider 'artist' traps prey with light
Animal world

Spider 'artist' traps prey with light

The cross shape, zigzag shape or twisted shape on the spider web has long been confusing to observers. New research on spiders Australia found that those seemingly usele…

December 16, 2018
Spiders cling to the wall thanks to silk
Animal world

Spiders cling to the wall thanks to silk

German researchers have discovered that the wolf spider secrete a silk that has a stickiness thanks to the tiny glands on its legs that allow them to move on vertical an…

December 16, 2018
Colorful woven spider to do?
Animal world

Colorful woven spider to do?

Ecologist Todd Blackledge of the University of California, Berkeley (USA) - has been working for a long time - assuming that many spiders often adorn their nets with shi…

December 16, 2018
Chimpanzee
Animal world

Chimpanzee

Chimpanzees are similar to humans at many points, but it does not seem to be altruistic. Although they live in groups, cooperate and hunt together, but when they have to…

December 16, 2018
The costume is invisible from silk
Scientific application

The costume is invisible from silk

In the past people wore silk dresses to stand out from the crowd, and in the next few years we could wear the same thing to disappear in the crowd.

December 16, 2018
Spider textile ... information technology
Scientific application

Spider textile ... information technology

On the screen, a tiny spider appeared in the dark, slid across a thread and hung in the air. One by one, the spider finished one

December 16, 2018
Development process of textile industry
Scientific application

Development process of textile industry

Textiles are one of the oldest human activities. After the period of eating fur in the hole, taking animal skin to cover the body, since the time of cultivation, humanit…

December 16, 2018