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Hybrid silkworms spin stronger spider silk Posted: 06 Jan 2012 08:30 AM PST Silk produced by transgenically engineered silkworms in the lab exhibit the highly sought-after strength and elasticity of spider silk. This stronger silk could possibly be used to make sutures, artificial limbs and parachutes.

Comics and jokes are serious teaching tools for linguists Posted: 05 Jan 2012 01:17 PM PST A professor discovers the key to helping students understand complex linguistic principles is through the funny bone.

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