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Spider silk is spun by silkworms for the first time, offering a green alternative to synthetic fibers
www.eurekalert.org Spider silk is spun by silkworms for the first time, offering a green alternative to synthetic fibers

Scientists in China have synthesized spider silk from genetically modified silkworms, producing fibers six times tougher than the Kevlar used in bulletproof vests. The study, published September 20 in the journal Matter, is the first to successfully produce full-length spider silk proteins using sil...

Spider silk is spun by silkworms for the first time, offering a green alternative to synthetic fibers

Ah, Crispr-Cas9 is convenient.

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Daily taxonomic game: Metazooa
metazooa.com Metazooa

Become an evolutionary detective to find the Mystery Animal!

Metazooa

You have 20 guesses to find the mystery animal of the day. Each fail gives you the most recent common ancestor, so that you can refine the next guess. Great concept, I am only frustrated by the species selection, which was designed to represent what people are "familiar" with, hence it is really biased for vertebrates, and especially mammals.

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Sponge v comb jellies: which was evolution’s first trailblazer?
www.theguardian.com Sponge v comb jellies: which was evolution’s first trailblazer?

New genetic research has reignited the controversy over which type of creature was the first to branch off the evolutionary tree from the common ancestor of all animals

Sponge v comb jellies: which was evolution’s first trailblazer?

A good summary of the 15 years debate on the origin of animals. Still unresolved today.

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