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We are all guilty of Internet induced ADD. And because of addictive sites likeFacebook,Twitter,The Next Webas well as apps likeStumbleUpon, it’s never been easier to get lost on the Web. Thankfully, having Internet ADD and spending too much time on Facebook and Twitter is a prerequisite for being a technology blogger. “6 windows, 5 tabs, 5 columns inTweetDeckand a phone call. All before 9am,” says our very own @BradMcCartyof his Tuesday morning....

Just yesterdayI was talking aboutconsuming quality content on an elegant app.Spoutfor iOS devices takes reading news to the next level. Spout animates the jeepers out of the news and social feeds and is visually stunning. The effects, while being awesome, does not distract you from reading the content. On the contrary, they actually makes the experience a whole lot more immersive. Spout mixes up the animation a bit for every message or article and am sure you won’t be subjected to the same boring effect time and again....

Spider legs build webs without the brain’s help — and could inspire robot limbs Web engineers Spiders’ webs serve many functions. They provide a safe home, but they’re also famously an invisible and highly dynamic trap set up to capture and then firmly hold any insect that strays too close. To perform this function, webs use astrong structural scaffoldof radiating spokes with what’s called a “capture spiral” built on top, which is soft and sticky and uses an extremely clever microscopicreeling mechanismto pull in a spider’s prey....

Spider-Man: Miles Morales has a better hero than Peter Parker Whatever a spider can The story setup is pretty simple, if a little baffling: Miles screws up a major mission with Peter, accidentally unleashing Rhino on the city. When Rhino puts Peter down for the count, Miles discovers his electrical Venom powers and manages to knock the big galute out. So he not only barely has a handle on his work/life balance, he’s just discovered he has unusual powers he doesn’t understand....

Spiders in space are so unhappy they can’t even build decent webs Someone needs to tell spiders about the scientific method… The experiment seemed simple enough — a pair of spiders would be allowed to live aboard theInternational Space Station, and researchers would look at how they adjusted to life in the microgravity environment. In a separate experiment, mice launched to the ISS became acclimated to conditions in space after a few days, and soon eveninvented their own game....