Spider silk is an engineering marvel, stronger than steel and tougher than Kevlar.
What connects the trainers on your feet to a jumbo jet flying 40,000 feet up in the air?
What connects the mobile phone in your pocket with the web of surveillance cameras that span the world?
What connects the sticky plaster with replacing damaged parts of our bodies?
What connects creating the perfect tasting ice cream with bringing people back to life after cryogenic freezing?
In his first lecture, David Phillips goes past ‘which came first, the chicken or the egg?’ and asks what they’re both made of.
In the second lecture in the series, Sir Phillips investigates the power of enzymes.
In his third lecture, Sir David Phillips explores the science of muscles.