Tuesday, November 3, 2015

Spider silk can is one of the toughest substances around, as you can see in Spidersilk the novel. The spiders in the novel use their silk to help protect the main character, Mark. In our own world, scientists are only beginning to scratch the surface of spider silk, but recently they published a study that shows spider silk is stronger when exposed to humidity, which probably explains why your favorite 8-legged friends are more commonly found outside in the summer.
For more on this study, check out this link:

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