“Spiders that weave webs often have very poor eyesight ... But he wanted something tangible he could use to translate the abstract language of engineering to a wider audience.

An artificial material with the same elastic, adhesive, self-cleaning, sensing and tensile properties as natural spider silk has been created by researchers in South Korea. The synthetic web, which is ...

A statue of Francis of Assisi, the patron saint of animals, stands in the center of the Clare Gallery in Hartford. This is appropriate: The current exhibit features artworks made, at least ...