Why is Christian Science in our name? Our name is about honesty. The Monitor is owned by The Christian Science Church, and we’ve always been transparent about that. The Church publishes the ...

Inspired by how spiders create complex silk structures, the robot uses a special kind of heated polymer to achieve this fantastic feat. Traditional robots tend to have fixed components that are ...

A Nigerian designer and founder of Elexiay, Elyon Adede, is revolutionising crochet and knitwear with her handcrafted designs that merge traditional artistry with contemporary fashion. A statement ...

EUROPE's biggest species of spider has arrived in Britain, with the venomous funnel-web creature spotted in a nursery yard. The terrifying stowaway, said to have a "huge appetite", was spotted by ...

First up is Web of Spider-Verse, which sees the Web-Heart scour the Web of Life and Destiny after choosing its first combatants: a leader (Peter Parker of Earth-616), a wild card (Spider-Ham), a ...

Whether you are a fan of spiders or terrified of them, you can’t help but admire their ability to make webs. These fascinating and unique structures are incredible feats of engineering that combine ...

Imagine a world where spiders work together to build massive webbed cities. Could they form structured societies, create towering silk skyscrapers, and even rival human civilization? Scientists ...

How do spiders make such intricate webs? Don’t get too tangled up about it. In this one-minute video, our Ask Smithsonian host, Eric Schulze, weaves his way to the answer. Explore Subscribe ...