The spider has been nicknamed the "ballista" for the speed and force with which it flings prey into its web A new species of spider which weaves a catapult-like silk trap to snare a single type of ant ...

A new species of spider which weaves a catapult-like silk trap to snare a single type of ant has been discovered in the remote rainforests of northern Australia. Researchers believe the nocturnal ...

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A newly discovered spider in Australia builds a snare trap designed to catch a single species of ant, which launches the prey into its web with a g-force that would kill a human. Researchers have ...

An international team of researchers has discovered a remarkable new spider species in the rainforest of North Queensland that spins an ingenious and powerful spring-actuated snare to catch a single ...

China’s leader raised the ancient Greek historian Thucydides when he met the US president in Beijing A messy war in the Middle East. Tensions in Taiwan. When the leaders of the world’s two superpowers ...

There’s no reason to expect the stock market to struggle this summer. If you think the U.S. stock market’s recent rally “borrowed” some of the gains that otherwise would have been produced this summer ...

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Donald Trump lands in Beijing for meetings with Chinese leader Xi Jinping, with agenda items that include trade and tariffs, the future of Taiwan, and the U.S. computer chips that are powering ...

After a brutal winter for much of the country, spring is finally in the air. Spring officially begins on Friday, March 20, at 10:46 a.m. ET, according to the U.S. Naval Observatory. It marks the ...