[ti:Listening to a Spider’s Web] [by:www.51voa.com] [00:00.00]更多听力请访问51VOA.COM [00:00.04]The sound is strange and not of this earth. [00:05.24]Let's listen. [00:13.16]But this sound is very much of this earth. [00:16.76]That is what a spiderweb sounds like. [00:20.88]Well, that is what a mathematical model of a spiderweb sounds like. [00:28.20]Markus Buehler is an engineering professor [00:32.24]at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT). [00:36.92]He said from communicating to building, [00:40.64]spiderwebs offer much information about their creators. [00:46.68]He explained to Reuters that spiders use "vibrations [00:51.56]as a way to communicate with the environment" and with other spiders. [00:58.80]He said, "We have recorded these vibrations from spiders [01:04.08]and used artificial intelligence to learn these vibrational patterns. [01:11.60]Buehler then explained the scientists connected [01:15.48]those patterns with certain actions, [01:18.72]"...basically learning the spider's language." [01:24.36]Buehler and his researchers created 3D models of spiderwebs [01:30.80]when the spiders were doing different things -- such as [01:34.92]making and repairing their webs as well as hunting and feeding. [01:41.88]They then listened for patterns in the spider signals [01:45.96]and recreated the sounds using computers and mathematical processes. [01:53.40]"Spiders are a whole different animal," said Buehler. [01:58.20]He explained they can hear and see things that we cannot [02:02.96]with our human ears and eyes. [02:06.88]So, by using science and math to turn vibrations into music, [02:12.96]we begin to experience and better understand the world of the spider. [02:20.28]Buehler hopes his team's work could help humans to understand [02:24.96]the language of a spider and one day communicate with them. [02:30.48]The music, said Buehler, is what "... the spider would also experience. [02:36.12]And so, we can begin to feel a little bit like a spider in that way." [02:43.68]There are more than 47,000 kinds of spiders. [02:48.28]They all create these webs to provide housing and catch food. [02:55.84]Scientists say silk, the material created to from a spiderweb, [03:01.48]is five times stronger than steel. [03:04.76]Buehler said that understanding the living structure of a spiderweb [03:10.20]could lead to improvements of man-made materials and structures. [03:15.48]I'm Anna Matteo. 更多听力请访问51VOA.COM