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The GeekDads Episode #52: Until the Spiders UnionizeThe GeekDads talk about steam-punk spiders and the premiere of Stargate Universe! Enjoy! GeekDad.com is the parenting blog at Wired.com, edited by Ken Denmead and Chris Anderson. It is a community of like-minded geeky parents writing about our experiences raising our kids in the digital age, an... |
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Jessica Simpson finishes battling spiders & fly nets in UgandaLast week, we reported on the somewhat hilarious musings by dim bulb Jessica Simpson about her stay in Uganda. She was in the country to film an episode of The Price of Beauty, her VH1 series that will premiere in 2010. Jessica sent out a picture of herself pouting over some fly nets, via Twit... |
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Indian SpidersSunday article by Mohan Pai Indian Spiders Arachnids Pic courtesy: Sandilya Theurkauf Cobwebs of deception In the gathering light of dawn, an orb-web spider sits motionless in the centre of its web. The web is one of nature’s mo... |
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1 Million Spiders Make Golden Silk for Rare ClothA rare textile made from the silk of more than a million wild spiders goes on display today at the American Museum of Natural History in New York City. To produce this unique golden cloth, 70 people spent four years collecting golden orb spiders from telephone poles in Madagascar, while another d ... |
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False Widow Spiders Move Into WalthamstowArachnophobes should read no further; especially arachnophobes living in E17. A block of flats in Walthamstow had to be fumigated yesterday to destroy nests of false widow spiders. The creepy crawlies look just like the lethal black widow but, while its bite is nasty, it won't kill you. It's s... |
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Fabric Made from Spider SilkThe largest piece of cloth ever made from spider silk measures four feet wide and eleven feet long. To make it, 70 people collected golden orb spiders over four years! The spiders were then hooked up to a machine that extracted the silk from the spiders without harming them, in a project headed by N ... |
