The Institute of Physics has an interesting write up on how a spider sticks to walls, including a close up of a spider’s foot. It’s fascinating stuff and unlikely to bug out any arachnophobes unless the thoughts of next generation post-it notes being developed on the same principles scares you.

Anyway, now I’ve ruined your day with that thought, you might as well check it out anyway and let the scientific discussion of van der Waals force push all those scary images of little yellow pieces of paper lurking around waiting for innocent flies to ambush!

Tags: spiders, science, stickiness