I’ve got your missing links right here (24th July ’10)

I’ve got your missing links right here (24th July ’10)
I’ve got your missing links right here (24th July ’10)
News “You can just engineer a crime scene.” Scientists can fabricate blood and saliva samples containing DNA from a person other than the donor of the blood and saliva. (Andrew Pollack, NYT) New research suggests one reason women are underrepresented in science and math is they see such careers as impeding their desire to help […]

Singaporean spiders spit venomous glue, work together, eat each other

Singaporean spiders spit venomous glue, work together, eat each other
Singaporean spiders spit venomous glue, work together, eat each other
Scytodes spits a sticky, venomous fluid from its fangs that both traps its victims and poisons them. And it does this in packs – after hatching, spiderlings spend their early lives on their home web and they spit at, bite and devour prey en masse.