So Smolyaniov and Hung took the logical step of building a miniature simulation of the Big Bang in their lab.

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Inside the computer, software that lab members developed visualizes the spiders and determines the physics of spider interactions, creating a simulation of how virtual spiders should behave in the real world, Clark explained.

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