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7 Science Illustrators You Should Know
Long before we had cameras scientists still needed visual documentation—enter the science illustrator!
SciShow
7 Science Illustrators You Should Know
Long before we had cameras scientists still needed visual documentation—enter the science illustrator! Chapters VITRUVIAN MAN Credit: Leonardo da Vinci 0:34 ANDREAS VESALIUS 1:25 DE HUMANI CORPORIS FABRICA 1:59 MARIA SIBYLLA MERIAN 2:39...
TED Talks
Fiorenzo Omenetto: Silk, the ancient material of the future
Fiorenzo Omenetto shares 20+ astonishing new uses for silk, one of nature's most elegant materials -- in transmitting light, improving sustainability, adding strength and making medical leaps and bounds. On stage, he shows a few...
TED Talks
Neri Oxman: Design at the intersection of technology and biology
Designer and architect Neri Oxman is leading the search for ways in which digital fabrication technologies can interact with the biological world. Working at the intersection of computational design, additive manufacturing, materials...
SciShow
8 More Terrible Names for Living Things
Sometimes, the common names we use for things are really confusing! Here are 8 living things with terrible names!
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Why Can't We Make Spider Silk?
People have been using silkworm silk to make stuff for thousands of years, but spider silk could potentially be even more useful. It's stronger than steel, super stretchy, and could be made into anything from bridge cables to...
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Apiculture, Sericulture and Lac Culture
It explains commercial importance of rearing silkworm, honeybees and lac insects.
Science360
Silk - If Spiders and Worms Can Do It, Why Can't We
Future research could spin up new medical and materials breakthroughs based on silk, but obstacles remain in quest to replicate natural silk production, scientists say in this week's edition of Science.
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Animal Fibres - Silk
It talks about the history of silk and the life history of a silk moth. It also describes sericulture and silk processing.
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Time Lapse of Silk Worms feed in Mulberry Leaves
Time Lapse of Silk Worms feed in Mulberry Leaves
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Silkworm, Bombyx mori, feeding on leaf, soft focus colourful background, CU, Israel
Silkworm, Bombyx mori, feeding on leaf, soft focus colourful background, CU, Israel
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Boiling Silkworm Cocoons
Woman making silk and boiling silkworm cocoons to pulling out silk thread, Thailand
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Silk thread rolling
Closeup of rolling of Silk thread from silkworm cocoon in the pot (4K Video)