You may've heard that the average human swallows several spiders a year in their sleep (totally false, per Britannica) — but what happens when a spider makes its way into your ear? The answer to that ...

Larinioides sclopetarius, commonly known as bridge spiders, are orb-weavers that listen to the environment through their webs. Junpeng Lai Humans aren’t very good listeners. Not compared to some ...

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Despondent folk music has been written about the sound of silence, but the sound of spiders turns out to be much, much heavier. Scientists at MIT have collaborated with Berlin-based sound artist Tomás ...

Larinioides sclopetarius, commonly known as bridge spiders, helped researchers from Binghamton University investigate how spiders listen to their environments through webs as a way to inspire future ...

Researchers have finally figured out how slingshot spiders (Theridiosoma gemmosum) are so accurate when they fire their webs at prey. Everything from the timing to the angle at which they fire their ...

Did you know that spiders can make sounds and send messages to each other? They don’t do it like humans, who have vibrating vocal cords to produce sounds. Instead, jumping spiders are great dancers ...

Spider-Man: Brand New Dayis inching closer to finally hitting the big screen. Shang-Chi and the Legend of the Ten Rings director Destin Daniel Cretton helms the upcoming movie, which hits theaters on ...

Among the many tidbits of news that have dropped surrounding the 2026 film Spider-Man: Brand New Day, the additions of Jon Bernthal’s Punisher and the return of Mark Ruffalo as Hulk are the most ...

Click to share on X (Opens in new window) X Click to share on Facebook (Opens in new window) Facebook But it was Cyra’s challenge that caused Spider-Man to call it quits after she made Peter witness ...