Researchers out of Texas explored the world of "necrobotics" and successfully repurposed dead spiders and turned them into creepy, crawly claw machines, essentially bringing them back to life. "It ...

This spidernetic technology is causing arachnophobes to lose it. Texas scientists have developed veritable spider robots by robotically manipulating dead arachnids so they can grasp objects with their ...

HOUSTON – Engineers at Rice University repurposed dead spiders as mechanical grippers. “It happens to be the case that the spider, after it’s deceased, is the perfect architecture for small scale, ...

It’s well understood that spiders have poor eyesight and thus sense the vibrations in their webs whenever prey (like a fly) gets caught; the web serves as an extension of their sensory system. But ...

A clinical trial will test whether a lab-made version of a molecule found in spider venom can reverse tissue damage after a heart attack. When you purchase through links on our site, we may earn an ...