The Thoughts of a Spiderweb

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By Joshua Sokol

Sin Eater for Quanta Magazine

Joshua Sokol

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Millions of years ago, a few spiders abandoned the kind of round webs that the word “spiderweb” calls to mind and commenced to concentrate on a fresh strategy. Before, they would wait for prey to become ensnared in their webs and then walk out to retrieve it. Contine reading →