Silk of the Spider, Thread of the Future

Stuff To Blow Your Mind

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Social Sciences, Natural Sciences, Life Sciences, Science

4.4 • 5.9K Ratings

🗓️ 28 May 2015

⏱️ 44 minutes

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Spider silk is nothing short of an engineering marvel. Weight for weight, it's stronger than steel and tougher than Kevlar. But spiders are disagreeable creatures. Unlike the silkworms, they've proven unwilling to bow to humanity's domestication, but that

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1:31.0	Welcome to Stuff to Blow Your Mind from How Stuff Works.com.
1:48.0	Hey, welcome to Stuff to Blow Your Mind. My name is Robert Lam.
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