Miners just discovered the largest pink diamond in more than 300 years

Dead spiders reanimated as creepy 'necrobots' | Mystery behind medieval 'bed burials' in UK possibly solved | Miners just discovered the largest pink diamond in more than 300 years Created for {EMAIL} | [Web Version]( July 28, 2022 CONNECT WITH LIVESCIENCE  [Facebook]( [Twitter](  [LIVESCIENCE]( Amazing science every day [SIGN UP]( ⋅ [WEBSITE](  [] Top Science News [] [Dead spiders reanimated as creepy 'necrobots']( [Dead spiders reanimated as creepy 'necrobots']( (Preston Innovation Laboratory/Rice Universit) Taking a dead spider's lifeless body and reanimating it as a robot is an idea that would be the stuff of nightmares for most people. But scientists aren't most people. Recently, a team of researchers turned the corpses of wolf spiders into arcade-style claw machines that could pick up and move a variety of objects — including other dead wolf spiders. 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Now, new research reveals that bed burials gained traction in the seventh century A.D. along with the spread of Christianity and soon became a common burial rite for women. Full Story: [Live Science]( (7/28) [LinkedIn]( [Twitter]( [Facebook]( [Email]( [] [Miners just discovered the largest pink diamond in more than 300 years]( [Miners just discovered the largest pink diamond in more than 300 years]( (Lucapa Diamond Corp) Miners in Angola have uncovered a massive pink diamond that may be the biggest gem of its kind found in the past 300 years. The pink diamond is estimated to weigh 170 carats, making it just a smidge smaller than the 182-carat Daria-i-Noor diamond — the largest pink diamond in the world, which today is part of the Iranian National Jewels. 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