"Revolutionizing Spider Silk Synthesis, Black Hole Appetites, and Osiris-Rex's Triumphant Return"

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"Revolutionizing Spider Silk Synthesis, Black Hole Appetites, and Osiris-Rex's Triumphant Return"
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Scientists are exploring ways to produce spider silk without using spiders, genetically modifying silkworms to produce the silk instead. The Osiris-Rex spacecraft is set to deliver a sample capsule containing space rubble from the Bennu asteroid, providing insights into the origins of the solar system. A study suggests that bright coloration in primates may serve as a form of social communication. As climate change threatens the global economy, academics are debating between "green growth" and "degrowth" approaches. Astrophysicists propose that supermassive black holes consume surrounding matter more quickly than previously believed, by twisting space-time and devouring the accretion disk in a cyclical process.

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