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Researchers used gene-editing technique CRISPR to modify the DNA sequences of house spiders, causing them to produce red fluorescent silk.

Science & Energy

Scientists Gene-Hack Spider to Produce Bright-Red Silk

By Victor Tangermann

That viral review of a body butter that seems to attract wolf spiders has garnered headlines being debunked -- but not everyone's convinced.

Science & Energy

Experts Say Popular Body Lotion Not Attracting Horny Spiders

By Noor Al-Sibai

Experts Say That Those Giant Spiders Falling From the Sky Are Good, Actually

Science & Energy

Experts Say That Those Giant Spiders Falling From the Sky Are Good, Actually

By Noor Al-Sibai

According to the University of Georgia, giant spiders the size of your palm are set to parachute from the sky all over the country this summer.

Science & Energy

Scientists Warn That a Giant Spider Is Spreading Across the United States

By Victor Tangermann

Scientists have genetically engineered daddy long legs to create a version with short legs, an effort to study how arachnids' genomes evolve over time.

Science & Energy

Scientists Create Horrifically Mutated Spider-Like Creatures

By Victor Tangermann

MIT scientists converted the structure and construction of spider webs into odd music which they hope could lead to a form of human-spider communications.

MIT Researchers Release Music Made by Spiders

By Dan Robitzski

Scientists finally figured out what caused the gigantic spider-like formations on Mars' south pole by recreating the planet's environment in a lab.

Science & Energy

Scientists Finally Explain Mysterious “Spiders” Spotted on Mars

By Dan Robitzski

Scienitsts decided to bring spiders to the International Space Station to find out how important gravity was for their webs.

Whose Brilliant Idea Was It to Bring Spiders to the Space Station?

By Dan Robitzski

Journals have retracted seven papers co-authored by spider researcher Jonathan Pruitt after his co-authors find evidence he falsified data.

Science & Energy

Scientist Who Said Spiders Have Personalities May Have Faked Data

By Kristin Houser

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Silk Spun by Graphene-Fed Spiders Is One of the Strongest Materials on Earth