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  • Spiders in space orient themselves by light

    12/12/2020 9:58:26 AM PST · by BenLurkin · 45 replies
    SlashGear ^ | Dec 11, 2020, | Shane McGlaun
    Scientists have been sending spiders into space to see how the spider’s web-making ability changes in the microgravity aboard the ISS. As simple as it sounds on the surface to put a spider in space and see how microgravity affects web making, it was challenging to achieve. On Earth, spiderwebs are asymmetrical, and the center is displaced towards the upper edge. When resting, spiders sit head down because it allows them to move towards freshly caught prey in the direction of gravity. The question was, what would spiders do in the absence of gravity. What was discovered about how spiders...