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Ultra-strong spider silk made by silkworms injected with spider DNA could be the answer to our sustainable fibre problem
Using gene-editing technology, researchers modified the DNA of silkworms so that their silk-produci…
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See the UK destroyer crew that scored the Royal Navy's first missile kill since the Gulf War
The HMS Diamond shot down a Houthi anti-ship ballistic missile that was likely targeting a commerci…
Jake Epstein
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A fierce naval battle 35 years ago shows how destructive another US showdown with Iran could get
In recent weeks, the US has deployed fighter jets and warships to the Persian Gulf, raising fears o…
Paul Iddon
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TN protests as Kerala dumps its meat waste, bottles and other trash on its neighbour
Idakkal Panchayat has already written a letter to the Tirunelveli district collector on th…
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Lotus silk is one of the rarest fabrics in the world, but what makes it so expensive?
Extracting enough lotus silk for one scarf can take two months, and the final product can cost 10 t…
Charlie Floyd
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top reasons behind Silk’s cost and worth
Having said that, there is a huge amount of hard work that goes into spinning Silk threads t…
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Has the "Naya Jammu & Kashmir" been able to rejuvenate the sericulture industry of the Himalayan region?
The prime objective of the government is to make the lives of farmers associated with sericulture b…
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Why silk is so expensive
They have a special spinneret that secretes one long continuous filament. That's the silk. The silk…
Emma Fierberg
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China says it will launch 2 robots to the far side of the moon in December on an unprecedented lunar exploration mission
"The name Queqiao means 'magpie bridge' in Chinese and comes from a Chinese folk tale, a love story…
Dave Mosher
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China is about to launch the first robots to the far side of the moon. Their discoveries could be revolutionary.
"The moon's far side is the oldest surface, and there are probably some Earth rocks over there that…
Dave Mosher
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Military researchers think spider silk may keep US troops lighter and cooler in combat
At the end of 2016, then-Air Force Academy cadet Hayley Weir and her adviser, professor Ryan Burke,…
Christopher Woody
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China releases detailed 360-degree photo from the first mission to land on the far side of the moon
Shortly after the lander and rover began their work, however, the China National Space Administrati…
Dave Mosher
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'This is more than just a landing': Why China's mission at the far side of the moon should be a wake-up call for the world
"America's space program has always set the example for the world. China's moon landing is a scient…
Dave Mosher
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A Chinese moon satellite took an incredible picture of Earth that will make you feel tiny
Queqiao's name is fitting, since it will soon become a "bridge" for the CNSA's upcoming Chang'e-4 m…
Dave Mosher
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The special properties of spider silk and what science can learn from it
Spider silk has been pinpointed as a miracle material, with strength and stretch for a variety of p…
Alexandra Appolonia,Ben Nigh,Andrea Schmitz
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China just made history by being the first to ever land on the far side of the moon
Chang'e-4 landed in Von Karman a flat landscape that sits inside: South Pole-Aitken basin. The basi…
Jessica Orwig
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China's rover and lander on the moon's far side are taking a 'nap' to survive brutal surface temperatures
The car-size Chang'e 4 lander safely touched down on January 3 inside the Von Kármán crater, which …
Dave Mosher
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NASA's lunar satellite has photographed China's lander on the far side of the moon - here's the first image
"[A]s LRO approached the crater from the east, it rolled 70 degrees to the west to snap this specta…
Dave Mosher
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US: Iran is sending rebels in Yemen weapons to fire at the US Navy
"We believe that Iran is connected to this," Vice Admiral Kevin Donegan told NBC News. In fact, the…