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Lauren Sommer covers climate change for NPR's Science Desk, from the scientists on the front lines of documenting the warming climate to the way those changes are reshaping communities and ecosystems around the world.
"What's miraculous about a spider's web?" said Mrs. Arable. "I don't see why you say a web is a miracle — it's just a web." "Ever try to spin one?" asked Dr. Dorian. — E. B. White, Charlotte's Web Spiders are another of nature's master engineers....
Spiders are another of nature’s master engineers. About half of known spider species (order Araneae) construct webs made of silk.
As the second anniversary of the announcement that COVID-19 had reached the United States approaches in January, UC San Diego presented an online forum Dec. 2 that looked at the brief past, the present and the possible future of the disease.
As the second anniversary of the announcement that COVID-19 had reached the United States approaches in January, UC San Diego presented an online forum Dec. 2 that looked at the brief past, the present and the possible future of the disease.