Top 19 of 2019

#18 U.S. Army gets super strong spider silk bulletproof panels

The combination of Superman and Spider-Man attracted The Digest readers to this story about how the U.S. military is getting as close to becoming Superman and Spider-Man superheroes as humanly possible with their new ballistic shootpack panels made from Kraig Biocraft Laboratories’ proprietary Dragon Silk material. The spider silk material is not only stronger than steel, it’s stronger than Kevlar, the usual bulletproof material used for military and police personnel.
Like something out of a Spider-Man movie, Kraig used genetic engineering to get silkworms to produce spider silk and in a Superman fashion, created fabric from it that can stop bullets – pretty handy for the U.S. Army.
More on the story, here.