Get 1 year of both Nebula and CuriosityStream for just 11.59 here, until January 23rd: http://curiositystream.com/realscience using the code "realscience"
New streaming platform: https://watchnebula.com/
Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/realscience
Twitter: https://twitter.com/stephaniesamma
Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/stephaniesammann
Credits:
Narrator/Writer: Stephanie Sammann
Writer: Ashleen Knutsen
Editor: Dylan Hennessy (https://www.behance.net/dylanhennessy1)
Illustrator/Animator: Kirtan Patel (https://kpatart.com/illustrations)
Animator: Mike Ridolfi (https://www.moboxgraphics.com/)
Sound: Graham Haerther (https://haerther.net)
Thumbnail: Max Moser
Producer: Brian McManus (https://www.youtube.com/c/realengineering)
Imagery courtesy of Getty Images
References:
[1] https://www.vam.ac.uk/articles/golden-spider-silk
[2] https://daily.jstor.org/the-tangled-history-of-weaving-with-spider-silk/
[3] https://www.degruyter.com/document/doi/10.1515/epoly-2020-0049/html?lang=en#j_epoly-2020-0049_ref_012_w2aab3b7d596b1b6b1ab2b1c12Aa
[4] https://royalsocietypublishing.org/doi/full/10.1098/rspb.2016.0125
[5] https://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2020/02/200211092550.htm
[6] https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/B9780081012727000067
[7] https://www.researchgate.net/publication/326668967_Spider_Silk-Properties_and_Uses_Spider_Silk-Properties_and_Uses
[8] https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC2658765/
[9] http://www.chm.bris.ac.uk/motm/spider/page3.htm
[10] https://www.azom.com/article.aspx?ArticleID=6115
[11] https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5861357/
[12] https://www.geneseo.edu/nuclear/density-spider-silk
[13] https://hypertextbook.com/facts/2004/KarenSutherland.shtml
[14] https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Wikipedia_Kevlar_Silk_Comparison.jpg
[15] https://www.colorado.edu/lab/vernerey/sites/default/files/attached-files/gradient_effects.pdf
[16] https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/11385464/
[17] https://digitalcommons.usu.edu/cgi/viewcontent.cgi?article=8402&context=etd
[18] https://pubs.acs.org/doi/pdf/10.1021/acs.biomac.9b00193?casa_token=WGgbjUgib7kAAAAA:WWr1DvGBN2iMgy8i5FlprBr75GaojBTSlbiGnIBUDVD7RbTH_Y8Ez-L1U8KpYeccvaVY5kjq4UWtFmQ
[19] https://pubs.acs.org/doi/abs/10.1021/acs.biomac.8b00980
[20] https://www.nature.com/articles/natrevmats20173
SpiderStrongerSteel
