We walk by spider webs every day. Many of us knock them down and brush them away. To some of us spiders are annoying, to others they are scary. I kind of like them since they capture the flying insects on my front porch.

Scientists have taken a closer look at how spiders spin their webs and they got fascinating results. Click the link below to find out more.

Spiders found able to custom build webs to trap best food source

In Pomroy’s World I tried to imagine how spiders might develop differently on a different world. I wondered what spiders would be like if they hunted humans as their prey.

It is gratifying when science fact overtakes fiction.