Maybe we’ve seen Steel Magnolias a few too many times, but we always think about that scene where Ouiser crushes all the eggs in Truvy’s trunk when it comes time to decorate eggs for Easter. We also ...

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It’s a luxury that has been sought by emperors and citizens alike – a commodity that connected the world and launched global commerce on an unprecedented scale. Thousands of years later, our desire ...

We're not talking about the latest high-tech material developed in a lab somewhere, but one of nature's supermaterials — spider silk. Spiders make many different kinds of silks. Orb-weaver spiders, ...