Spider Sense
![Lisa Taylor paints a picture of a jumping spider on a table in her lab, near large-scale models of the spiders.](https://explore.research.ufl.edu/wp-content/uploads/2023/04/Explore-Sp2023_issue-landing-page_Spider-Sense-1080x720-1-1024x683.jpg)
Inside the lab where eyeliner reveals what we can learn from the superpowers of tiny spiders.
By Alisson Clark
What If Your Doctor Prescribed Arts for Better Health?
![Keith Early holds a scolding piece of curly metal while working at a blacksmith's shop.](https://explore.research.ufl.edu/wp-content/uploads/2023/04/Explore_issue-landing-page_RX-Arts-1080x720-1-1024x683.jpg)
A pilot program envisions a future where social and cultural activities are part of health care.
By Alisson Clark
“It Makes Us Feel Powerful”
![Christian Cartagena uses a VR headset and controls at a Tech Camp for young autistic people.](https://explore.research.ufl.edu/wp-content/uploads/2023/04/Explore_issue-landing-page_VR-and-Autism-1080x720-1-1024x683.jpg)
With autism diagnoses on the rise, a UF team looks to a virtual reality to open doors in education, employment and independent living.
By Alisson Clark
All Things Beautiful
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The man who founded the Florida Museum of Natural History more than 100 years ago had a clear purpose: to create a vault where Florida’s astonishing natural and cultural diversity could be conserved forever.
Photography by Kristen B. Grace
Text by Heather Dewar
Across the Everglades, Again
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On a seven day paddle from coast to coast, a scientist tracks an 1897 expedition — and new contaminants.
By Alisson Clark
Antibiotic Avengers
![Arnold Louie inspects a container full of golden liquid in a lab.](https://explore.research.ufl.edu/wp-content/uploads/2023/04/Explore_issue-landing-page_Antibiotic-Avengers-1080x720-1-1024x683.jpg)
An elite team assembles to develop a new antibiotic for healthcare and counterterrorism.
By Doug Bennett