Many spider species hunt with a variety of nets and traps. Madagascar spiders (Damastes) form a “pocket” of leaves and webs during the hunt, where they lure their victims. This is stated in a new study of scientists, quoted by N1. During observations in Madagascar, the authors found at least four such caches of arthropods....Read More

A team of researchers from the University of Texas at Austin and the State University of Iowa said they had managed to improve the technology of reverse osmosis – a method of desalination of seawater, known to mankind for more than 200 years. The scientists’ finding improved the technology’s efficiency by 30-40 percent. Reverse osmosis...Read More