Will Silk Worms Help Build Our Future Cities? MIT Media Lab conducts a silk worm-enabled experiment in bio-digital fabrication. Yes, It’s Real: A Bio-Factory That Farms Spider Silk Arachnophobes, ...

PYONGYANG, North Korea – As the morning light poured through large windows, women wearing olive-colored overalls, pink aprons and headscarves stood at stations where silkworms were being boiled. Some ...

If you’ve seen the latest Spider-Man, or even if you haven’t, this won’t be a spoiler: When exploring a high-tech facility, Peter Parker comes across a room of glowing (genetically engineered) spiders ...