Sticky feet help tarantulas climb
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Spiders scale vertical glass surfaces using a fibrous "glue" secreted from their feet, scientists show.
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By B.C. Manion, Tampa Tribune, Fla.  Jun. 2--LITHIA -- Lynn Barber's favorite hobby, gardening, sounds placid enough, but it's fraught with danger.   Once, while transplanting a citrus tree, she was swarmed by fire ants.
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Trap-jaw ants have the fastest predatory limb movements ever recorded in the animal kingdom, scientists say.
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Nature News, JAKARTA - Monster cockroaches and dwarf crabs are among a rich and exotic menagerie of new species discovered by a team of international scientists exploring caves deep inside Indonesiaâs teeming jungles.
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The bigger they are, the harder they could fall.
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A species of parasitic wasp releases a potent chemical before beating a retreat, behavior that could hold clues for how to better use the wasps as natural pest controls.
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A sticky substance from the skin of frogs could be used to repair human knee joints, scientists believe.
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Relief from tiny, stinging ants burrowing beneath the Coachella Valley might eventually come from a Florida laboratory. Scientists in Gainesville, Fla.
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A new generation of robotic vacuums is ready to do battle with dirt, dust and dog hair with more cleaning power and cunning than their ancestors could muster.     Faced with the usual obstacles - furniture, stairs, low-hanging bed skirts and stray socks - they intelligently and acrobatically extricate themselves from most tight spots and largely avoid getting stuck or sucking in what they shouldn't...
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From a gentles creature, a lesson in ferocious tenacity.
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Low maintenance topiaries in a menagerie of shapes can satisfy that urge to plant.
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A high-tech mooring system lets boaters put in easy (and enjoy the luxury treatment), all while treading lightly on coral that lives on the sea floor. By Nicole Martinelli.
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Researchers have uncovered one secret to the Argentine antâs success at invading new territory: dietary flexibility.
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Forget GPS, forget road signs. Researchers in England say foraging Pharaoh's ants employ a simpler means to find their way home: geometry.
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Let's see David Blaine do this. Watch a slippery cephalopod show why its kind are among the great escape artists of the deep.
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Researchers have discovered why scratching an itch may be so addictive.
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Scientists have drawn inspiration from the gecko lizard to develop a waterproof adhesive bandage for surgical wounds and internal injuries.