An evolutionary spinoff
Mar 13, 2018
2 minutes
Some time more than 300 million years ago, an ancient arthropod evolved a trait that would become the bane of countless insects and, today, people walking through their basements. Fed by a set of microscopic spigots secreting a material that is, ounce for ounce, stronger than steel, this organ gives its bearer
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