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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,…
Jun 05 2020 18:00 IST
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 …
Aug 10 2016 15:12 IST
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
Mar 10 2017 20:17 IST
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
Jun 28 2019 20:00 IST
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
May 19 2018 15:11 IST
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
Aug 08 2018 20:19 IST
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
Jun 17 2021 06:57 IST
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
Jan 09 2014 22:28 IST
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
Jun 14 2019 09:29 IST
Jun 28 2019 20:11 IST
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
Dec 30 2023 13:09 IST
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
Aug 16 2022 22:09 IST
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…
Jun 08 2024 13:43 IST
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
Oct 10 2019 17:03 IST
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…
Jun 05 2020 17:50 IST
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…
INSIDER
Jun 17 2021 11:18 IST
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…
Jan 19 2016 19:44 IST
May 19 2018 15:11 IST
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…
Leanna Garfield
Mar 29 2017 16:06 IST