“Silk: A World History” describes the unique qualities of silk that make it a sustainable material with a wide variety of applications. The following is an excerpt from Silk: A World History by ...

Everybody knows how Spider-Man got his powers: Peter Parker was bitten by a radioactive spider during a high school field trip, and its uniquely irradiated nature altered his DNA to give him the ...

Spiders produce amazingly strong and lightweight threads called draglines that are made from silk proteins. Although they can be used to manufacture a number of useful materials, getting enough of the ...