By Jason Arunn Murugesu A web constructed from synthetic spider silkLee et al., Sci. Robot. Material scientists have made artificial spider webs that attract objects and shake off water, just like the real thing. They hope that the material could one day be used to help robots self-clean. Won Jun Song at Seoul National University…
By Leah Crane Dragline silk from daddy-long-legs spiders has a new useFilippo Carlot/iStock Spider silk is good for more than just catching flies. It could also be used to manufacture lenses for capturing extremely high-resolution images of the insides of biological tissues. One particular type of spider silk, called dragline silk, is generally used as…
Published: April 17, 2026, 7:30 pm On April 10 the Washington State Department of Health advised the FDA of a recall of certain shellfish because of norovirus-like illnesses associated with consumption of raw oysters. The recall includes all species of shellstock from Gomez Shellfish LLC (WA-1724-SS), harvested on March 22 through April 9, from a
11 min read This article was featured in MH Flex , our monthly newsletter recommending the one in-depth interview you need to flex your pop culture knowledge. Sign up here to get it first. TOM BLYTH NEVER thought this interview would happen. During the U.K. press cycle for his latest project, director Cal McMau’s prison
The E. coli matches that from patient samples from an outbreak in 2025 Published: April 17, 2026, 12:05 am Federal inspectors have found E. coli contamination in raw cheddar cheese produced by Raw Farm LLC of Fresno, CA. The dairy is linked to an ongoing E. coli outbreak that has sickened nine people across three