Spiders Spin 'Silk Dope' into Nature's Toughest Material

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Comment by jdw64 7 hours ago

Would it be uneconomical to make clothes from spider silk? But I'm curious what kind of spider Spider Man's web comes from.

Comment by dcminter 6 hours ago

Define economical :)

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Golden_Spider_Silk_Cape

Comment by jibalt 2 hours ago

> what kind of spider Spider Man's web comes from

Look it up ... there isn't one.

Comment by the__alchemist 6 hours ago

This article goes into it... Need 1e6 spiders in 1e6 boxes.

Comment by Dylan16807 1 hour ago

So it's probably 100-1000x as expensive as silk? That's doable.

Comment by zardo 45 minutes ago

Silk worms make a cocoon, for a spider you would need individually "silk" each one every few days.