Silk of the Spider, Thread of the Future

Spider silk is nothing short of an engineering marvel. Weight for weight, it’s stronger than steel and tougher than Kevlar. But spiders are disagreeable creatures. Unlike the silkworms, they’ve proven unwilling to bow to humanity’s domestication, but that hasn’t stopped scientists from stealing the secrets. In this episode of Stuff to Blow Your Mind, enter a world of spider silk medicine, nanomaterials, optics, music and of course transgenic goats. Learn more about your ad-choices at https://news.iheart.com/podcast-advertisers

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Norway Creates Possibly The Most Beautiful Public Toilet In The World

The Scandinavian region is known for its breathtaking nature, friendly people, and stylish, minimalistic architecture. And nobody does minimalism better than Norway, as one particularly stunning building shows. Norway may very well have built the most astoundingly beautiful public toilet in the world. And, I’m pretty sure, in the Solar System as well. What looks like a painstakingly crafted art installation or part of some high-tech laboratory is, in fact, nothing other than a restroom, designed by architects Marit Justine Haugen and Dan Zohar from Oslo. It just goes to…

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Star Wars Resistance Season 2 Premieres October 6, 2019

SEASON TWO OF THE HIGH-FLYING EMMY® AWARD-NOMINATED ‘STAR WARS RESISTANCE’ PREMIERES SUNDAY, OCT. 6, ON DISNEY CHANNEL AND DISNEYNOW Kylo Ren Featured in New Season Two Trailer The Emmy Award-nominated series “Star Wars Resistance” returns for its second and final season beginning SUNDAY, OCT. 6 (10:00-10:30 p.m. EDT/PDT), on Disney Channel and in DisneyNOW, with subsequent airings on Disney XD. The new season takes place during the events of The Last Jedi leading up to The Rise of Skywalker, as Kaz and the team continue to fight against the threat…

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CBS All Access to Add Cloudy with a Chance of Meatballs Season 4 and Danger Mouse

New Children’s Programming Coming To CBS All Access, Including Exclusive Original Series New original series Cloudy with a Chance of Meatballs and Danger Mouse are among the children’s shows coming to CBS All Access in 2019. For the young—and young at heart—CBS All Access has announced exclusive original children’s programming which will premiere later in 2019, along with a library including more than 1,000 episodes of children’s shows. The digital subscription video on-demand and live streaming service is making its first venture into children’s content, which will include the upcoming series…

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Marvel’s Moon Girl and Devil Dinosaur to Become an Animated Series

DISNEY CHANNEL GREENLIGHTS MARVEL’S MOON GIRL AND DEVIL DINOSAUR, AN ORIGINAL ANIMATED SERIES BASED ON MARVEL’S HIT COMIC BOOKS, FROM DISNEY TELEVISION ANIMATION Laurence Fishburne and Helen Sugland’s Cinema Gypsy Productions, Marvel Animation & Family Entertainment, and Steve Loter to Executive-Produce Disney Channel has ordered Marvel’s Moon Girl and Devil Dinosaur, an original animated series based on Marvel’s hit comic books, from Disney Television Animation. Executive produced by Laurence Fishburne and Helen Sugland’s Cinema Gypsy Productions (ABC’s black-ish), Marvel Animation & Family Entertainment, and Emmy(R) Award-winner Steve Loter (Disney’s Kim…

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‘Avengers: Endgame’ directors eye up Keanu Reeves for future MCU role

It’s been a long time coming Keanu Reeves attends ‘John Wick 3’ premiere The directors of Avengers: Endgame have set their sights on Keanu Reeves for a future Marvel Cinematic Universe role. Brothers Joe and Anthony Russo were speaking with IMBD at this year’s Comic-Con when they were pressed on Reeves potentially joining MCU, having attempted to secure the actor for a number of previous projects. Questioned on who Reeves should portray should […] The post ‘Avengers: Endgame’ directors eye up Keanu Reeves for future MCU role appeared first on NME. Read more: nme.com

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