Why Spider Silk is Stronger Than Steel

[@RealEngineering]

One of my favourite RS videos to date. Material science crossed with biology? Kinda wish I went into spider silk research

[@netherwolves3412]

Haha

[@TheFos88]

You know, I'm something of a scientist myself.

[@morkovija]

@@TheFos88 producing sticky goo substance on a regular basis? ;)

[@daniel_pinilla]

@Real Engineering It is not too late!

[@XeZeLgotdrip314]

You want to make iron spider suit, dont you

[@CruzMonrreal]

9:36 The casual Spiderman completely caught me off guard 😅 Nice video!

[@phillipmathura8763]

Fr bro same

[@flannydinchum]

@@phillipmathura8763 Glad I'm not the only one who saw spidey, nice touch.

[@OlaSolaCola]

my favorit part of the video

[@dreyfrano968]

Yeah, was not expecting that

[@amitpasquini1510]

I was like: wtf? A spidey in a lab?? Did I see well? Then it clicked that is a video about spiders and smiled noticing what she did there

[@halffruit9245]

9:32 Spider-Man just casually walking around the lab.

[@gemini1005]

😂😂 love the random spiderman at 9:35 but also love the in depth detail as I've always wondered what exactly it meant "spider silk is stronger than steel"

[@froggywam]

I was about to comment the same thing, where does this footage come from 🤣

[@raymoncada]

Spider-Man might be upgrading his web shooters

[@gemini1005]

@@raymoncada bet 😂

[@ast0815]

I actually did a double take and rewound the video to check that I saw what I thought I saw. :D

[@wik7or214]

nah swear down I was about to say the same

[@gsmith7309]

I love the Spider-Man walkthrough absolutely brilliant

[@nathank3278]

Haha, yeah. I think most people missed the scene

[@CptnPushy]

I came here to say this!

[@thalesbarros151]

9:35

[@juliangallardo24]

I thought I was trippin

[@ViburaBlanca]

I was high when I saw it but I’m glad others caught it

[@nightinthewhite3817]

in a rural area, i saw a stick that was hanging from a thread, it wasnt there the day before and it just looked weird, like one of those suckers that are on the roof in half life, i grabbed the stick and threw it away and after that i looked up to see what it was connected to, turns out it was a counter weight for a web that was between 2 trees, without it, the web started moving due to the wind and was ultimately destroyed, dunno what happened to the spider and i kinda felt bad for destroying something so ingenious

[@wokabulari]

evil...

[@SizzleCorndog]

Don’t worry about it, they just eat the silk and turn it back into silk

[@iainmacneill2985]

Spider man walking through the background at 9:34 was a nice touch

[@Disobeyedtoast]

i did a double take when i saw that lol

[@F22onblockland]

@@Disobeyedtoast Same

[@kylereynhart]

I didn't even notice that lol 😂

[@magno5157]

Spiderman caught on camera stealing high tech synthetic spider venom to inject himself.

[@legendarybreton460]

@@magno5157 he’s a junkie, lol.

[@skylaninaction]

I learned alot from this. I had no idea there was multiple types of spider silk for different parts of their web. Another great video

[@adrianabonitaaziz]

You should check out The Quran , for real . Forget about ISIS , long beard and child marriage! Take heed for your self and research everything. The Quran is an amazing book , giving us hints about whole creation of Heavens and The Earth . God is greater than religion , God is Fantastic ! Peace be up on you and up on your family .

[@finallyfamous9628]

What does the quran have anything to do with the few different silks that they use for the web lol

[@adrianabonitaaziz]

@@finallyfamous9628 Why would the Prophet talk about the house of spin ? In the 7th century , middel of desert ? We see now , in this time what it's so especial about it , but he didn't have means to study about spiders and he was not a scientist . If you can understand what I mean , .. Peace be up on you as well

[@lyricsassam]

@@adrianabonitaaziz Sanatan(Hinduism) is the only way, all these other are just imaginary concepts.

[@thalassaer4137]

@@adrianabonitaaziz ew why would i study a book of a dictator telling me how to live my life when i can study science and make a difference for myself and the world?

[@MachiriReviews]

Spiders are such beautiful and magnificent creatures. I wish more people could appreciate them and all their wonder.

[@keztannis6848]

A spider typed this.

[@ChromisPasqueflowerBowerbird]

Sounds like what a spider would say..

[@ZelphTheWebmancer]

Same

[@johnny420xxx]

Spider sponsored comment

[@longdragon3]

Hear hear! Spiders are amazing, but such a shame that a lot of humans allow their primitive lizard brain to inhibit them from fully appreciating spiders and their beauty.

[@SizzleCorndog]

I work in the analytical department at Lubrizol and we just had an interview candidate come in and present their research on the material properties of spider silk. A lot of what they said was in this video. I dont remember where they were studying/ when they put out their research, but hearing that ppl are close to being able to mass produce it has me so hopeful for the future when we can finally get rid of plastics fibers because they are so insanely difficult to break down even from a chemical perspective. Genuinely never more excited for science after watching this video.

[@RangeGleasry]

I’m surprised your company allows you to publicly discuss company business and candidate Interviews. I’d be fired if I did that.

[@SizzleCorndog]

@@RangeGleasry 1. They don’t know. 2. This wasn’t company technology that was being presented this was someone’s doctorate research, we were just doing a department interview which as I understand it is pretty normal for advanced positions across the industry.

[@burnerr]

university of california riverside has a dedicated massive spider lab where they do a lot of this research amongst other things spider related

[@huldu]

What I find fascinating about many spiders is that they can create a very beautiful and perfect looking web while being nearly blind or completely blind.

[@spiderpickle3255]

Then let us fascinate you further. Look up _Spider web memory_ unless you already know what I'm talking about. There is even a Deep Look video on YT

[@suchyjaszczur]

spiders aren't blind. where you hear about it?

[@cube_cup]

@@suchyjaszczur many orb weavers are *almost* blind. The same goes for tarantulas. Many others, like wolf spiders, jumping spiders and ogre spiders, have very good eye sight.

[@andycruzatx3387]

If you watch a spider build its web, you'll see it uses its limbs to carefully feel and distance the web joints together in a clockwork fashion.( edit I said it is limbs )

[@kaitlyn__L]

@@andycruzatx3387 that was part of what creeped me out as a kid, so many limbs feeling around constantly, but in slow motion it just looks like how a person working looks (or would, like if we had extra robotic arms or something) on something a bit complicated. Like craftspeople who are all “if only I had a third/fourth hand”, instead of picking things up and putting them down as much they’d just use extra hands and do it quicker. And a spider building a web looks very much like that to me now. A carpenter or electrical engineer etc, doing something intricate.

[@mxcollin95]

Another amazing episode. All of your videos that I’ve seen so far have been amazingly interesting and well done; and, I just want to say thank you for putting out the effort to create all the super interesting and enlightening content! 👍

[@shadowwriter329]

I remember watching a video where Myth Busters Adam Savage did a test with some kids and proved the concept. They did two test with gallons of water dripping into buckets held up by either a cord of steel and a cord of spider silk. They used enough spider silk (over 300 strains I don’t recall) but they were both the same amount of mass/weight. Both did the test and the silk held more water before it snapped then the steel cord.

[@shadowwriter329]

@DILLIGAF * mass usually is a factor since to have them as equal as possible since one is larger then the other.

[@oo0024]

How do you get that much spider silk 🤨

[@DrQuagmire1]

not only that, but it's been said that various companies are trying to create a type of bulletproof vests that are made out of spider silk (or creating plates using the stuff) that's supposed to be stronger than both steel and ceramic armored plates, or something to that effect

[@BubbleBuddies]

@@DrQuagmire1 that'd be cool because it'd probably be reusable too instead of throw away plates!

[@oglostingaming]

they used an inaccurate and unnatural manifestation of a spider web therefore their 'science' isn't accurate

[@DigitalJedi]

The fact that it is made from a liquid makes me hope we can print or even 3d print with it. I have no idea how well it would adhere to the other layers in a 3d print, but even just making 2d patters of the material to reinforce other thin materials would be awesome.

[@ArtyMars]

I can’t wait, the future of 3D printing foods and products in general is going to be amazing 🤩

[@Ewr42]

1- Tape a spider to a 3d printer 2- Make a 3d printed squeezer to squeeze the silk 3- squeeze the silk 4- ???? 5- profit

[@abdulazis400]

You need to spin it to yield viable thread which 3D printer can't do

[@Danny-gs5dv]

@@abdulazis400 obviously this 3d printer that utilizes liquid spider silk would be built to actually work. No one suggested that it would just squirt out a regular fdm 3d printer.

[@MrGallade475]

It's probably best as a fiber reinforcement inside a matrix like carbon fiber or fiberglass reinforced plastics

[@itchykami]

I wonder what guitar strings from spider silk would sound like. I suspect finger oils are far more destructive to it though, so wouldn't expect them to last nearly as long.

[@GayCorvidae69]

Hmmm yeah I wonder that too. They’re very durable for every reason they said, but how do they do with external factors like rain, wind, but also animals and humans to touch it etc etc. In that regard it probablt isn’t nearly as effective but steel, but they didn’t really say anything anout that which makes me wonder if they did/are gonna do research on it

[@LiamBucher]

Someone made a spider guitar string. Search it on KZbin. Interesting video.

[@longboardfella5306]

Very good content - thanks! But there's more to it than the protein chemistry. The golden orb thread has layers of proteins that mechanically slip past each other in a controlled manner to relieve strain. That would be a real challenge to reproduce even if the proteins were made. We remain in awe at the incredible properties of the real thread.

[@skyline.730]

We remain in awe at the incredible nature of all things natural.

[@imeaiwteh7540]

@@skyline.730 true. Nature is genuinely the most beautiful and fascinating

[@xXxJSCOTTxXx]

People claim an all-powerful creator put Homo Sapiens here to rule the Earth and the entire Universe... Yet we are still taking notes from spiders, termites and dragonflies while we destroy the only world we have... But god and Jubus and all that nonsense about going somewhere pretty after you die allows you to pump out all of those ignorant babies, and push for the end of the world... Cults should be banned, no matter how many followers they have. *edit* Sorry I went off topic but I don't take back anything I said.

[@bestaround3323]

@GG SE I mean, it did have a 3 billion or so head start. I think we are doing pretty well for the short time we existed.

[@kirbymarchbarcena]

Makes me wonder how Peter Parker was able to concoct his complex chemical compounded spider fluid.

[@mrjoe332]

Peter is a genius who lives in an universe where the average genius scientist invents time travel over night.

[@SageOfLimitlessHands]

They explain it in one version as he inherited the knowledge from the spider who bit him giving him knowledge of the correct proteins to mix

[@deathsyth8888]

Obadiah Stane: Peter Parker was able to make this at school! With a handful of chemicals!

[@davidmedina5251]

Ask him, he appears at 9:34

[@melazmusic]

plot twist, spiderman is also a scientist

[@aubreydickson207]

My university actually had some spider silk producing goats! A few years ago, they brought them on campus and I was able to see them. It was really fun.

[@kylevanzandbergen3285]

Spiderman just casually walking in the background of the lab shot is fucking amazing 😂

[@adrianneosa1490]

Some may even say, Spectacular!

[@phileas007]

oh, that's just the lab's PR spokesman

[@TheBwing]

Seems pretty ultimate to me

[@echo8083]

Ancient Greek myth about spiders: There was once a woman named Arachnid who was incredibly talented at weaving and looming. Her talent was so great that people compared it to that of Athena, goddess of knowledge and arts. But Arachnid was too proud of herself, claiming her work was better than Athena's. This angered the goddess, who transformed herself into an old lady and went to Arachnid to see if she'd back down from that statement. When Arachnid did not back down, Athena turned her into a spider. But Athena did not take away Arachnid's talent, and so this is why spiders are so good at weaving beautiful complex webs.

[@cameramanyt252]

Greek myths are stupid

[@hitechinc.7875]

Nice myth

[@waffles9771]

good delusion

[@Miaownerear]

very cool

[@Ozilus21]

Not a Greek myth btw This myth was made by Ovid (a Roman poet)

[@mercury6025]

Spiders: look what they need to mimic a fraction of our power!

[@pieter-bashoogsteen2283]

9:35 I love how there just walks a spiderman in the background.

[@benjaminrees6665]

Awesome job. Great Narrator!! One of my top 5 most fascinating things is spider silk. Thank you for the in depth research. I gotta get that spidersilk vest and those adidas 😂. Fly as hell

[@pavelslama5543]

It never ceases to amaze me, the unique ability of humans to pick the best traits from nature, and construct them from scratch.

[@Chris_Sheridan]

FYI - copying something is not the same as constructing from scratch. Nothing in nature has been 100% replicated by human technology - it has only been approximated due to practical limitations. Design in nature is of a higher order than human imagination. Let that sink in.

[@skurbanvintr0]

Yes Nature has the facts, so does observing your body, you was born with the math.

[@skurbanvintr0]

@@Chris_Sheridan Facts, and that is documented.

[@bezovrinho]

@@Chris_Sheridan Human imagination is designed by Nature, well.. We havent stopped evolving though.

[@Chris_Sheridan]

@@bezovrinho .. your opinion or a fact? You can't even substantiate your opinion - 'designed by Nature'? .. so what designed Nature'? Nature is something that is observable - it does not describe the cause. I can observe a bicycle and all its intricate mechanisms - however, that alone does not give the information as to how the bike came to be assembled and where the original parts came from and the engineers who designed and built it. The term Nature does not describe a process - it merely relates to what is observed. Your statement is completely bland showing your ignorance. Where is your evidence that humans are 'evolving'? .. from what into what? Humans have remained human for thousands of years. You know nothing - your post says nothing - your ignorance is pathetic.

[@imjustsaying6656]

So glad KZbin recommended me this channel. Love this video already subscribed and now binge watching your other videos. The video “ the secrets language of trees” is amazing.

[@chef2654]

9:33 did anyone else notice spider-man just casually strolling by in the background?

[@alf8718]

There is one more properties of Spider silk You "forget" to mention - it changes it's mechanical porperties very much when heated and also it burns (no fire resistance)

[@dallesamllhals9161]

Build a winter bridge? 😛

[@wetworms.]

Wait until you find out steel melts when heated

[@sriharshacv7760]

Burning and melting are 2 different things. Not comparable at all.

[@keshavmishra8478]

Love how you enlighten us through intricate method used by researchers in developing silk protein ...and also prevented me from going into deep reading!

[@maximusvxii371]

this video is great !! alot of professional work is put in these videos and the quality is great, keep up the good work you got this !!

[@lukash.8788]

Im currently learning about cell free protein synthesis which is a relatively new technique and this would be the perfect application for it! Since the synthesis happens outside of a host cell there’s not limitation to the size of the protein.

[@andrewnguyen777]

this video is so well-made. the visuals were awesome. so awesome that in the beginning I was getting the heebie-jeebies with the spider clips but then grew to appreciate more. seeing what good/greatness humanity can do with things like this responsibly is one of the pinnacles of science

[@3nertia]

There's a specific fungus on Fraser Island, Australia that I think would be useful for producing spider silk. I think the same fungus, along with CRISPR could also be used to grow super efficient solar cells :)

[@honestlyimnotsure9378]

Woahh interesting, where can I learn more about this?

[@AlxM96]

Do you have sources?

[@3nertia]

@@AlxM96 Well, as KZbin wont let us share links anymore, no, not really. I came across the fungus by chance in a 4x4 video from Australia. There are many videos on KZbin of crystals being used as batteries. Did you know that rubies absorb non-red light and re-emit it as red light! The more I learn, the more this seems possible but I'm just a poor person so no one cares 😢 Is there a particular aspect you'd like more detail on?

[@3nertia]

@@honestlyimnotsure9378 Sadly, this is not really being researched and I lack the funding to do much more than scour the internet for relevant scientific information lol

[@3nertia]

@@AlxM96 The fungus in question, by the way, I don't know it's technical name but Fraser Island is made up of volcanic rock and yet it's a lush tropical paradise because of this fungus! I believe it to be the same or similar to the fungus that is responsible for plant life being able to start on land. It converts the rocks and such into essentially dirt :D I believe with a bit of modification and the addition of glass sea sponge DNA, we could get it to "print", or, rather, grow all sorts of useful crystalline structures! Maybe even carbon nanotubes!

[@PhoenixLive_YT]

Policeman to thief "i am wearing Bulletproof vest". Thief: "I am wearing Spider silk Vest". Policeman: "Understandable, have a nice day".

[@420Life141]

I am always curious when I see spiderwebs. They are an amazing hunting tool. I like having one or two on my balcony. When I go out for a smoke or coffee outside I always want to see a spider mid construction or when a bug flies into it. My favorite type of predator.

[@Thomaat116]

👍

[@windhelmguard5295]

a co-worker and i found a spider in the corner of the shop, for a while tossed any flies we swatted into her net to help her out.

[@jameswilson8907]

@@windhelmguard5295 we also had a pet spider at the shop a couple years back near the old tires. Was pretty cool to see her grow throughout the year.

[@kaitlyn__L]

@@jameswilson8907 in my childhood home there was a roof window atop the staircase, too high for any dusters (even the long ones) to reach. Naturally, being a window, insects flew into it. Naturally, a spider set up home there after they noticed the bugs. So, all the shed skins just slowly collected on the web, and the web was pretty much the size of the entire window. So there was a clear visual history of its growth, and you could see the growth plateau and merely maintain existing mass after a couple years. After 4 or 5 years, new skins stopped appearing. I suppose the corpse was up there too. As far as I know, that remained until we moved out, just because it was so inaccessible for cleaning. But it had grown by an order of magnitude from the first sheds, and interestingly it seemed to have tried to roughly organise them after it had noticed the first few building up.

[@alphaduck2926]

Spiders are good in order to keep cockroaches and other insects at bay specially flies. I used to have around 10 spiders nest in one of my garages and never bothered them. Unfortunately where I am at it gets cold temperatures and most spiders and insects don’t like the cold I guess.

[@akernis3193]

This was fascinating! I adore spiders and this was so interesting to see.

[@akernis3193]

@@the-weirdist It is? I´m merely writing in past tense, as I commented after watching the video.

[@octowoomy6803]

I love spiders with all my soul, and I am so happy to see how close we are to replicating it.

[@AmidaNyorai48]

😯😯

[@Immortal_BP]

back in high school i did a presentation in AP science about scientists trying to use goats to mass produce spider silk. they basically genetically modified a couple goats because their milk had capabilities of reproducing spider silk like material.

[@stewbacca117]

This has to be the most exciting concept you've covered yet for my money... The intersection of biotech, materials science and mass manufacturing for such a variety of potential applications which could also help replace organic/fossil fuel based plastics or fibres is a pretty cool perfect storm of scienceing... 😎👌😍🕸️🕷️

[@lars3509]

6:59 Objection: There is something (pardon my translation, heard that in a german lecture on material science and can't find the source material) "Second paradox of material science" or something like that, which states that first, materials in string-like shape are stronger (in the sense, that they can withstand higher forces per area before failure) compared to beams and also: the smaller the area, the higher of strength (force per area) for the exact same material. If I remember correctly, it has something to do with errors in the material, where in objects with great area (and therefore, great forces for the same applied tension) errors in the material tend to grow faster. But please: correct me if my explanation is wrong or if you can add in more details Edit: Source: A. A. Griffith From the german wiki article: "A material in fiber form has a much greater strength in the fiber direction than the same material in another form. The thinner the fiber, the greater its strength. The reason for this lies in an increasing rectification of the molecular chains with decreasing available area. In addition, weakest link theory ("Each chain is only as strong as its weakest link.") are distributed over very large distances in the material, so that the fibers are largely free of defects that can cause a break. Since material can then be saved with the same strength, a material with a high specific strength (ratio of strength and weight) is created. In addition, a defect in the material does not lead to the failure of the entire component, but for the time being only to the breakage of a single fiber in the composite (no crack propagation)."

[@morkovija]

The most german of comments and I appreciate it!=)

[@Teo-uw7mh]

Except you are wrong. The fact that you cant even provide a source further proves my point.

[@lars3509]

@@Teo-uw7mh I'm not and a provided a source. Just because you are not willing to look into the works of A.A. Griffith doesn't mean it's wrong. You find the primary source in "The phenomena of rupture and flow in solids" by the royal society in 1921 by A.A. Griffith.

[@kaitlyn__L]

This is a big problem with growing carbon nanotubes, as they’re only strong when they’re very short and defect free. Composite materials keeping the fibre in fibre form within a resin carrier (fibreglass, carbon fibre) are an attempt to mitigate this relation of shape to strength, which will probably also be done with mass produced spider silk. Of course that’s not perfect as these composites are also often more brittle than the bare fibres free to move in all dimensions.

[@theBIGBRUH7]

Spiders watching as I slice and destroy the webs they spent 4 nights building simply because I feel like it: 🗿

[@TheBasedCanadian]

Kharma

[@ihtesham_emon]

This is one of those videos where you get wowed in every few minutes of watching. Thanks a lot real science for making such amazing video. And the narrator was phenomenal with her voice!

[@Chris_Sheridan]

.. the narrator attributed spiders and spider silk to 'millions of years of evolution' - totally false.

[@zacharyhenderson2902]

I remember when we began trying to develop spider silk from goats' milk. It was incredibly promising at the time.

[@zacharyhenderson2902]

@Dah Pluggg no one is

[@ThyFloorestFloor]

Now I'm wondering what happened to those guys.

[@Maski500]

@Dah Pluggg 34 views L

[@se6586]

Remember when that was a conspiracy theory and everyone called a certain someone crazy and turned out to be true?... Spider goats are easily googlable

[@zacharyhenderson2902]

@@se6586 no

[@adamholiday3450]

When I first heard about the goats a few years ago, I imagined them to be extruding spider web from their udders 😂

[@jaydeepsahoo3066]

Really love the details. And the presentation is awesome. Expecting more exciting scientific content. My regards, To the team, for putting such extrinsic effort.

[@XeZeLgotdrip314]

9:33 Spiderman: who goes home 😂😂

[@iiiiiiiiiiiop3584]

He is a donor 🤣

[@XeZeLgotdrip314]

@@iiiiiiiiiiiop3584 🤣🤣

[@Teddie369]

If we could know the chemical concoction that goes on in the spiders glands to make the silk, we’d be able to make our own silk material

[@EmsForReall]

I love how much detail these videos have, good job!!

[@juninamura6375]

It's amazing how scientists used so many variations to reach at an answer and are still continuing to improve. It's beautiful.

[@alu4210]

9:34 xD that spiderman in the background, too good

[@Pazaluz]

There was a big storm passing by here in Belgium Yesterday. Outside my bedroom window was a spider living in the top corner. I checked in on it now and then, the poor thing was struggling to hold on to it's web. Later when i checked again, the spider was gone, but the web is intact. Unbelievable how strong it is.

[@itravellight]

Absolutely fascinating science. Very well done mini-documentary. You literally answered every question that entered into my mind while watching this amazing video. Bravo!!!

[@carleehooley6338]

Didn’t we have an entire Wild Kratts episode on why it’s not ok to force spiders to make clothes?

[@TheGamermouse]

Your videos never fail to fascinate me, i love this channel so much 😍 thank you for adding value to the life of most of your viewers!!

[@hustler3577]

How nature has blessed these spiders with amazing & immaculate skills,some of us can't acquire a skill in whole life,but its fascinating to see these small creatures master at work. Perfection.

[@luffysleftnipple69yearsago]

@Jacko Sargs don’t ruin his grind set he’s taking what’s our black and Samoan in vein prostate massage so insane

[@phongstar751]

I remember this one guy in the 90s spent a whole lot of time making an body armor out of silk webbing. It took him years to gather up the material, but he made a suit that had crazy durability.

[@simonvincent9682]

Wow! What a fantastic channel this is. Thank you for all you do

[@justcallmesomething8089]

I've seen a guy on KZbin make spider silk from bacteria, I have a feeling spider silk clothing will be far more prevalent soon. If one guy can do it, some corporation out there is attempting to mass produce.

[@Pat315]

Eh depends if it's easier than traditional methods or profitable. Just because they can won't mean they will.

[@jschouten1985]

Have you watched the whole video?

[@ViperRUSTzz]

too expensive

[@-i6313]

@@ViperRUSTzz it’s made of spider silk, not everyone is poor, I can see quite a few rich people buying it.

[@jakelombardo2546]

OMG I saw Spiderman walk behind those scientists at 9:35

[@Imperiused]

Now I can finally ask: what do plants, goats, silkworms, and bacteria have in common? They've produced immitation spider silk. :)

[@spiderpickle3255]

I watch and read a lot about spiders and this video is quite high on quantity and quality of information provided. Genuinely impressed. ...And super extra bonus points (as well as a like) for not using creepy violin music (or the like) every time a spider is on screen. 👍

[@nigratruo]

Thanks for being part of the movement that makes KZbin great and spreads wishdom and knowledge around the world, so that everybody can learn, you will inspire kids to follow in your footsteps and become scientists in the field. Thanks for being a role model like that.

[@trj1442]

Another excellent episode. Thankyou.

[@wockyslush3038]

9:34 we just gonna ignore spiderman in the background?

[@AlanMichaelJackson]

I want to see a plane made out of mostly webs, besides the frame. Or a drag car.

[@johnnysam3604]

I love the content you are putting out keep the great work up!!

[@dadlm5012]

I remember reading this story a long time ago, about someone collectong spider's webs to make a dress. It was really interesting. And yeah, nature is fascinating.

[@glacousxx]

Good to know that im closer to spiderman than my predecessors.

[@wumboism]

great video, just a little sad you didn't mention the thought emporium. he's made spider silk that can bind with inorganic materials! its crazy.

[@Snk13_ty]

Shut up please

[@movement2contact]

@@Snk13_ty 🤔

[@jnyc96]

@@Snk13_ty damn bro 😳 who hurt you lol

[@wumboism]

@@Snk13_ty Don't take your problems out on me.

[@lagrangian143]

@@Snk13_ty who let little kids onto youtube?

[@naingaung2748]

9:35 spiderman in the background

[@Basilisk_in_a_dark_room]

As much as I dislike spiders in my home, this definitely makes me appreciate just how intricate their bodies are. I had no idea there were so many different types of silk for so many different tasks. Imagine having the knowledge to build a masterful web imbedded in you from millions of years of trial and error made by your ancestors. I apologize if this was confusing to read I'm not the best typer

[@sapelesteve]

Excellent and informative video RS! Spiders are indeed wonders of Nature & let's not forget about their production of various venoms as well. Looking forward to your next video! 👍👍😉😉

[@simcru933]

Thought Emporium has videos about making genetically modified e-coli (I think) that create spider-silk

[@kuribojim3916]

I’m surprised that all the attempts to make spider silk have involved genetic engineering, rather than a mechanical system. In other words, couldn’t we create a mechanical spider abdomen that mirrors the natural chemical process to “manufacture” spider silk? 🤔

[@AbishekJReuben7]

Today I learnt how it was possible for Spiderman to stop a train just with his webs.

[@andycohen4166]

So theoretically scaling doesn’t matter for tensile strength, but we know that imperfections can dramatically lower strength, and so having a very small cross section with few chances for defects (like a strand of spider silk) could partially explain the silks strength. This is one of the principles behind super-strong nano pillars. Have people tried to analyze how much this defect probability matters to the fibers’ strength as opposed to what it would look like if we scaled it up to a bulk material?

[@antaresmc4407]

Actually, the web strengthens and stiffens as strands break up, as the crystalline links kinda get clogged in between, difficulting further strain of the more flexible amorfus links. I dont know how strong is the process or much about how it works, but its great to maintain structural integrity after high impacts. It is basicly a very efficient work hardening afaik... Tbf the architecture of silk is precisely made of thousands of microscopic threads, effectively having that simillar crack growth resistance as nano pillars or whiskers

[@ronjon7942]

A gem of a channel. Thank you for this content.

[@2KOOLURATOOLGaming]

9:34 "Quick! Somebody grab him and put this tube up his rear, this could be the discovery of a lifetime!"

[@morgannielsen2516]

Why is Spider-Man in the background at 9:00

[@ellocosjchushhxha]

That was the best segue into the ad promotion I've ever seen. Completely flawless and non-jarring. The video itself was also amazing! Thank you

[@blablablablablablblablabla]

9:34 ah yes spiderman

[@thestudentofficial5483]

9:33 OSCORP security is pretty lame

[@omgwtfpwnd]

*9:34** Spider-Man walks across the background* 🤣

[@DoDoENT]

I actually started watching this on Nebula, but the streaming speed was too slow and video kept pausing and pausing. Then I switched here and I could watch it with no problems, so the connection issues are definitely problematic on my side... This is not a first time - it's happening for several months now 😞. Fortunately, by watching it here I now got a very good recommendation for a documentary to watch on Curiosity stream. Thanks 😉

[@murtelizer]

I had the same issue with nebula, it takes forever to load, long buffer times and not really user friendly. Its a shame they dont put effort to make the site work well. And dont get me started on the mobile app (which didn't even boot 99% of the time). I greatly like and support their idea of building their own site but the exclusive content being locked behind such a bad working site is a real bummer for me :/

[@officer_baitlyn]

@@murtelizer the price is prob a bit too low for it to be perfect

[@murtelizer]

@@officer_baitlyn just basic loading of the video when i have gbps internet so that a 1080p video doesnt buffer is not much to ask in my opinion

[@kaitlyn__L]

@@murtelizer yeah it’s all about how much server space they’re willing to bid for, not about the actual connections at either end really. Hosts gotta serve to users, and I doubt if there’s CDNs involved, hence longer initial load time even before buffering begins.

[@murtelizer]

@@kaitlyn__L still the buffering and long loading is a deal breaker for me personally

[@Roxas671]

It might be stronger than steel but the real question is, is it heavier than feathers?

[@Skjorrious]

I even read it with the voice

[@Nazoto]

Is 1kg of spider silk heavier than 1kg of feathers

[@arjun6358]

@@Nazoto lol both are 1kg

[@arjun6358]

@@Nazoto Is 1 cc of spider web heavier than 1 cc of steel

[@officer_baitlyn]

@@arjun6358 its a classic meme

[@FrancisSyCoCo]

finally explains why Peter parker was able to hold off the speeding train...

[@doomstadt2371]

The answer to "why" is very simple. It's awesome. It always bugs me that nobody ever gives olde time people credit for maybe just wanting to do something because they had the time, and the means, and it would be really cool.

[@kaitlyn__L]

This was an excellent video. Lots of wonderful diagrams, animations, and stock footage. I’ve seen some spin it much like nylon, but I guess that ends up not being strong enough? Still, it would be interesting if we end up getting orbital tethers built from artificial spider silk rather than steel or carbon (nanotube) cables! Besides many other uses of course. Like you say in the end, nylon might well end-up totally outmoded in the future, especially if the growing process can be scaled enough to be cheaper than the sourcing of raw petrochemical ingredients. People might have very strong spider silk tights/stockings and be confused why they used to snag/tear/run so much in the past! Plus, here’s another comment about Thought Emporium’s series about actually genetically modifying yeast to produce spider silk for those who want more nitty-gritty info on the delicacy of the process! :D It’s many hours long though in total, while this is a brilliant concise overview.

[@glenngilbert7389]

This is a long overdue video - a fascinating subject indeed

[@rextech-q]

Nice video 👍. Biology is epic. Just imagine having some genetically engineered spiders at home to sew you new cloths or patch any holes in your wardrobe. Maybe less popular, using them as mobile hole patching units ^^". Even more advanced, we could give them "wound healing/disenfaction"-glands.

[@rextech-q]

And if a (possibly infectious) mosquito tries to bite you, they will learn the hard way about your spider friendos.

[@minhducnguyen9276]

Spiders have all the traits that's undesireable for large scale farming unfortunately. They are strictly carnivorous so it's expensive to feed them in large scale, they are solitary so you can't farm them in dense population and you have no control over the secretion of silk unlike cows, chicken or silkworm. That's why our spider silk are always made from other farm animals grafted with spider silk making genes.

[@Hakuna_My_Tatas]

Now imagine the military investing in genetically modified large spiders that can create an even more stronger strain of silk. I wouldn’t be surprised if such thing is already in the works or at least attempted.

[@binay413963]

Shhhh

[@MylkT1023]

Are we going to ignore the fact that Spider-Man just walked across the background at 9:34???

[@logarhythmic6859]

Looking at the rest of the comments, no.

[@Moneymyke357]

9:35 random Spider Man

[@wiggy5209]

tension is the pulling apart forces and compression is the pushing together forces, concrete has high compressive strength butneeds metal supports throughout to give it tensile strength

[@ssshheeesshhhhhhhhhhhhhhh.3062]

9:23 amazing!! spiderman whhhhoahhh!!!

[@kitleongii4688]

I grew up in the Philippines 🇵🇭 and Golden Spider are endemic its everywhere in the urban areas where you can find them in hordes at the electrical post and lamp post in the mango trees and in the vast forest. They freak me out cuz they're big like bigger than cockroach but beautiful animals.

[@mrjohnsonpaddington967]

How would you harvest spider silk? Ive seen videos about harvesting silk worm silk. What would the setup be? How would you feed them? How would you keep them contained, especially the babies?

[@kickwriteteach2313]

9:35 Dr. Parker

[@pondering.exposure]

9:34 the background 😂😂

[@Thrichestbum]

Spider-Man just casually walking through in the lab lmao😂

[@deadm1ku155]

9:33 Spider-Man

[@andergaviria1577]

¡Gracias por este gran trabajo de divulgación científica!