Spider silk is the toughest fiber known, stronger, weight-for-weight, than high-tensile steel and Kevlar.
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One of the things that children of the late 20th century refer to when looking at people in the 2020s is clothing. What do they wear, the children ask. It’s not about design and unique fashion, it’s about fabrics. Today, children wear clothes made of silk from head to toe. They cannot imagine clothes that are ripped and torn, heavy, ugly and vulnerable to dirt and acid, causing…
