Meet the spider who can live for up to five years, produce 1,000 babies annually and whose bite can land you in hospital. By John P. Dunbar, Aiste Vitkauskaite, Sean Rayner and Michel M. Dugon, NUI Galway.

The science behind the spicy food you eat

New ideas and insights about the world around us. From RTÉ in co-operation with Irish universities and the Irish Research Council.