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Spiders weave secret alarm system through web zigzags for prey detection, study finds

F or decades, arachnologists debated the actual purpose of stabilimenta, a special thread spiders weave into their webs. Now, ...
Ars Technica

MIT scientists study spider web structure by translating it into music

A spider weaving its intricate web is a bit like a person composing a song, at least in the eyes of MIT materials engineer Markus Buehler, whose research involves translating web structure into ...