From Issue Six of Gear Patrol Magazine. Discounted domestic shipping + 15% off in the GP store for new subscribers. Long live spiders. Or more accurately, longlivespiders. That’s the password to gain ...

An icon in the shape of a lightning bolt. Impact Link A chic necktie made of synthetic spider silk may put Spider-Man's suit to shame. Bolt Threads, a startup that manufactures synthetic spider silk ...

It may not look like a bunch of cobwebs, but the tie you see above was spun from the same material spiders spin out from their behinds. The difference is this thread was mass-produced from fermented ...

The golden orb-weaver spider from Tanzania spins such strong webs that Tanzanian fishermen use them for fishing. Their spider silk is more tear-resistant than nylon and four times more elastic than ...

Here's a weekend project for the intrepid and meticulous only. A young woman is making usable thread out of spider silk. The woman, who goes by the handle Persona, posted a detailed account of her web ...

Materials innovation startup Bolt Threads introduced its second biomaterial today – a leather made from mycelium, the roots of a mushroom. The new leather, which it calls Mylo, will debut on a bag by ...