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Monday, February 25, 2013

YES, SPIDERMAN COULD STOP A RUNAWAY TRAIN

If Spiderman was indeed bit by a Darwin's Back Spider, her thread is strong enough to stop trains!
 
On Spiderman 2 he shoots strands of spider web at nearby buildings to stop a runaway train.  Is this possible? Or the usual Hollywood bunk?
 
Well, a group of British students did a study that proves that the strength of a particular spider is proportionally strong enough to stop a train going full speed.

Read more here:  http://www.dailymail.co.uk/sciencetech/article-2284273/Spiderman-really-COULD-stopped-train-web-say-physics-students-have.html

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