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Vital Information for Your Everyday Life

Experiment Reveals 6% of Humans Casually Murder Rubber Animals

by Susana Polo | 10:19 am, July 24th, 2012

Other lessons gleaned from this vital research:

  • 94% of drivers are boring.
  • You’re way more likely to intentionally create roadkill if you drive a truck or SUV.
  • Don’t leave ponytailed guys alone with your rubber snake.

(via Mad Art Lab.)

she blinded me with science

Here’s One For the Arachnophiles: Scientist Has a Vast Collection of Spider Porn Online (For Science)

by Jamie Frevele | 4:14 pm, November 2nd, 2011

When you woke up this morning, you may have thought to yourself, “My goodness! I sure hope someone is documenting spider genitalia online in order to better identify more species of spiders, what with there being 42,473 of them!” Well, you are in luck! Dr. Nina Sandlin has taken on the perverted yet ultimately beneficial task of cataloging the genitals of nearly 200 different species of spiders, specifically, female spiders, in order to identify which species of spider they are. Want to know how weird it is? Come inside! All the spider genitalia you’ve ever wanted to see after the jump!

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It’s the Finely Crafted Butt That Really Ties this Spider-Rider Costume Together

by Susana Polo | 1:12 pm, October 24th, 2011

This was the conclusion that we came to after watching this video, that the thing that really ties this illusion together is the well crafted fake butt and waist. After all, a standing butt doesn’t really look like a sitting butt, but that’s a great fake sitting butt and legs right there.

Of course this was after we closed the window once thinking “NOPE NOPE NOPE NOPE” once the spider started moving.

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Lady Scientist Wants to Create Bullet Proof Humans With Goat-Milk Spider-Silk

by Susana Polo | 10:57 am, August 15th, 2011

You’ve probably heard about goat-milk spider silk, before, right? No?

Well, the scientists who want to work with spider silk often find that spiders aren’t really worth the trouble. As animals that most people are grossed out by, animals that are predators, and animals that have a tendency to instinctually eat each other if they are placed in the same space, spiders can be difficult to care for in large numbers. Hence, spider goats: (relatively) small, hardy, aesthetically pleasing and sociable animals that have been genetically engineered to produce the proteins that make up spider silk in their milk.

The proteins, once chromatographically separated from the rest of the milk, can be woven into fibers with applications in medicine and industry, including bullet proof materials. But as if that simply wasn’t mad science-y enough for the world and something even more crazy awesome had to be done, Jalila Essaidi is bringing the use of goat milk spider silk even closer to home. She’s trying to use it to make bullet proof humans.

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Things We Saw Today

Things We Saw Today: Spiders Can Be Such Hipsters

by Jamie Frevele | 5:27 pm, July 3rd, 2011

She also had legs and knew how to move them before that song came out. (At 9gag via Geeks Are Sexy)

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It Came From Outer Space

Spiders Spinning Webs in Zero-Gravity [Video]

by Jamie Frevele | 5:59 pm, May 28th, 2011

That lovely creature you are looking at is either Esmerelda or Gladys, one of two golden orb spiders aboard the International Space Station who are being studied to see how they spin webs in zero-gravity. They were delivered by the shuttle Endeavour, which just completed its final space walk. But more importantly, we get to see a closer look at the spiders’ habitat with our favorite flute-playing astronaut Cady Coleman! That video is after the jump.

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Things We Saw Today

Things We Saw Today: Steampunk Spiders

by Jamie Frevele | 5:29 pm, May 22nd, 2011

Shiny, metallic, and perfect for the antique arachnophile in your life. (At Etsy via Nerdcore)

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Just Go With It

Sexy Peacock Spider Mating Moves, Anyone? [Video]

by Jamie Frevele | 2:30 pm, April 15th, 2011

If you’re arachnophobic, you can rest assured that these spiders are not going to pop out of your screen. Also, they are kind of adorable. Even Muppet-like. And the males would like to do a sexy dance for you.

(The Hairpin)

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