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Taken for a Spin

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scooler1

posted on Apr, 16 2007 @ 10:20 PM
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Taken for a Spin


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To illustrate the amazing properties of spider silk, Nikola Kojic offers an arresting example. Imagine a circular web with a diameter of 100 meters—about the length of a football field—spun from a silk thread about a centimeter thick. Concentric circles 4 cm apart attach to the web's spokes, also 4 cm apart. This larger-than-life web "could stop a jumbo jet in midflight," says Kojic.
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scooler1

posted on Apr, 16 2007 @ 10:20 PM
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It's pretty crazy how strong spider silk really is, and with all of our scientific prowess we still cannot replicate it.

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