That’s right, the news is true!
But be careful: the headline is a bit misleading. No spider is actually “revived” in the sense of coming back to life.
Researchers at Rice University simply repurposed the bodies of dead spiders, taking advantage of their hydraulic system: by pumping air inside them, they managed to make the legs move, turning them into mini-grippers for grasping light objects.
The study was published in the journal Advanced Science and led to the emergence of what’s known as necrobotics – robotics that uses biological remains. No magic, just engineering.