Welcome to the 104th episode of the Short Science Podcast!Join Elizabeth Hauke for all the very best science in brief!

Following the Short Science News in Brief, Statistic of the Week and Medical Casebook, we'll be talking spiders. Are we at risk from spider bites here in the UK? How do spiders make their webs?

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