However, the strength of spider thread is greater than steel (钢铁). Webs can even stand up to very strong storms.In each spider web, some threads are sticky, but some are not. When a spider is moving on the web, it will not step on the sticky threads. After a time the silk will...
In "Gem of a Different Color" In "Dire Straits" Deadly Nadder The Deadly Nadder's fire is made of magnesium, which burns at 3100 °C. It is said to be able to melt steel and turn a Viking into ash in seconds. It is regarded as one of the hottest fires in the dragon world. Sto...
At the first stop, everything went smoothly. I put up my 31ft Jackite mast with the 30.5ft random wire going to a 9:1 LDG Unun and a 1:1 LDG choke. The coax then goes to a LDG AT-200Pro II tuner and my Yaesu FT-857D dialed down to 5W. This is my standard configuration w...
How a bicycle frame worksAssuming an adult weights 60–80kg (130–180lb), the frame of a bicycle has to be fairly tough if it's not going to snap or buckle the moment the rider climbs on board. Ordinary bicycles have frames made from strong, inexpensive, tubular steel (literally, ...
Pavel suffered many a slight at the hands of Father Vasili after that. The priest was forever sending him out of the classroom; day after day for weeks on end he made him stand in the corner for trifling misdemeanours and never called on him to answer questions, with the result that on...
The force required to evict a hermit crab is an important measurement, because hanging on to their homes is a matter of life and death for crabs. “If you are evicted, there’s a real strong probability that what is left at the end of one of those chains is something that...
Spider silk is incredibly strong and flexible. Some varieties are five times as strong as an equal mass of steel and twice as strong as an equal mass of Kevlar. This has attracted the attention of scientists in a number of fields, but up until recently, humans haven't been able to get...
Unveiling the secrets of the cargo king China-Europe Railway Express: How the "Steel Camel Caravan" gallops along the new silk road Over the past decade of implementing the Belt and Road Initiative, Silk Road Economic Belt has emerged as a golden economic belt with concentrated industries and ...
Fake Richard Mill sees a flood in the market. Due to the unique properties of the real thing, it is not difficult to identify counterfeit products. If your watch shows a serial number, please note that it does not match the serial number on the website. If you don’t have a photo to...
Seriously, I'm impressed. This is the way to do it, guys. (Oh, and yes, it took me more than a week to even notice he'd sent me this. So it goes.) Of course, Andy, I'm not going to take that blog post down. The gentleness of your language makes clear, I hope, that you...