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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,…
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In the future, everything you wear could be made of synthetic spider silk
Scientists have tried to recreate this naturally occurring phenomenon in a lab for 30 years, since …
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This $314 necktie is made of spider silk
The company combines genetically modified yeast, water, and sugar and turns it to raw silk through …
Melia Robinson
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If Spider-Man's web is anything like spider silk, it's surprisingly realistic
Carbon nanotubes are basically a sheet of carbon atoms that's been rolled up into a tube. And if Ji…
David Anderson,Shira Polan
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How this startup went from producing a synthetic spider silk to partnering with fashion icons
Since Microsilk's debut, Bolt Threads has received $213 million in funding and has catapulted into …
Katie Canales
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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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Spiders in Australia have covered the countryside in webs, and people can't decide if it's creepy or beautiful
Millions of spiders in eastern Victoria wrapped their silks together to get to higher ground, blank…
Matthew Loh
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You Won't Believe What Is Making These Bizarre Webs In The Amazon
Phil Torres from the Tambopata Research Center, Lary Reeves and Geena Hill from the University of F…
Kelly Dickerson
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An old NASA study gave spiders drugs to see how it affected their webs, and it'll make you want to never drink coffee again
"It appears that one of the most telling measures of toxicity is a decrease, in comparison with a n…
Alexandra Ma
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Why you shouldn't be scared of spiders, according to a biology professor
Sara Goodacre, a professor of evolutionary biology, told Business Insider why people shouldn't be s…
Marianne Guenot
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Jumping spiders may experience REM sleep-like state — and maybe even dream — like humans, a new study suggests
Daniela Roessler, the study's lead author, said footage captured the spiders' retinas shaking and l…
Lauren Frias
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What you need to know about the giant, 'flying' spiders spreading over the eastern US
This summer, the Northeast US could face an invasion of colorful Joro spiders, whose legs can reach…
Grace Eliza Goodwin,Jenny McG…
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Thousands of tarantulas are emerging from the ground in the San Francisco Bay Area, looking for mates
Typically, tarantula mating season starts in late August and terminates by the second week of fall.…
Aylin Woodward
The special properties of spider silk and what science can learn from it
Spider silk has been used by humans for thousands of years, and the combination of its strength and…
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Top Stories this AM: The GOP-ers who voted against Juneteenth; from the Capitol riot to Nevada's capital; see you at the spider pocalypse
The 14 GOP members who voted against the bill's passage included Rep. Andy Biggs, Rep. Mo Brooks, a…
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There are hundreds of bugs in the average American home
Bertone tells Tech Insider that they don't yet know exactly how these populations would vary in hom…
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Adidas is launching biodegradable shoes that can be dissolved in 36 hours
Though Adidas says the material is 15% lighter than traditional synthetic fibers, the Futurecraft's…