Ain't nothing new it's getting old.
Now you're standing in the cold.
Play that same old song and dance.
I say "Bye-bye baby you had your chance."
You done had it baby.
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When I saw this project among all the cool & thrifty Halloween party ideas on the Savers website, I knew it would be the perfect Halloween decoration for the empty flower box on our front porch. I also knew it would be a project the girls would find really fun (or totally creep them out, making them have Barbie nightmares for months – either way it’s a win/win in my book).
Obama: Choosing Biden "Single Best Decision I Made"
Victory at last... after 5,000 hours carving 104 miniature guns, 200ft of rope and 37 sails from a piece of Nelson's flagship
This stunning wooden replica of HMS Victory is the result of 17 years of dedication and skill.
It is also a ship off the old block – for sculptor Ian Brennan has spent 5,000 hours carving it from a piece of timber from the real thing.
The model of Nelson’s flagship contains 200ft of intricate ‘rope’, 104 miniature guns, 37 little wind-filled sails, and flags spelling out Nelson’s stirring signal: ‘England expects every man to do his duty.’
Scientists Create Super Strong 'Spider Silk' With Transgenic Breed
First came Spider-Man -- now come spider worms.
Scientists at the University of Notre Dame have inserted spiders' genes into silkworms, creating a "transgenic" breed of worm that could be capable of mass-producing superstrong silk.
"We nearly doubled the strength of the silkworm's silk," Dr. Malcolm Fraser, a researcher and professor of biological science at the University of Notre Dame, told AOL News.
Spider silk is a coveted material known for its strength and flexibility. But while textile makers have learned to harvest large amounts of silk from silkworms, they haven't been able to domesticate silk-producing spiders -- keeping superstrong spider silks off the market.
But Fraser's findings could change all that.
By using "piggyBac" -- a piece of DNA called a "transposon" that was discovered by Fraser -- experts from the University of Notre Dame, the University of Wyoming, and Kraig Biocraft Laboratories Inc. were able to insert a bit of spider DNA into silkworms' cells.
"Using my piggyBac transposon, we were able to introduce an artificial gene that encodes a spiderlike silk protein into silkworms so that it's expressed in the silk gland specifically," Fraser explained. "It then becomes part of the structural component of the silk fiber that the silkworms produce."
When these "transgenic" silkworms make their cocoons, they use a combination of silkworm silk and artificial spider silk that has greater strength and elasticity than ordinary silkworm silk.
Outside of the lab, the material could find any number of uses -- from athletic clothing to warfare.
"I see it going anywhere that's profitable," Fraser said with a laugh. "I particularly favor commercial uses such as ultrastrong lightweight fabric, structural fabric, bulletproof vests or medical uses."
The material could play a big role in medicine, where a strong, flexible material might be used in making finer sutures, better healing bandages and even "natural scaffolds for tendon and ligament repair or replacement," according to a statement released by the scientists.
"One of the things that people don't recognize off the bat is that silkworm silk has already been used as a suture material, therefore FDA [Food and Drug Administration] approval will probably be easier," Fraser noted.
If the silk industry is receptive, we could be wearing superstrong neckties and bulletproof underwear soon.
VIRGINIA BEACH, Va. (WAVY) - The U.S. Navy celebrated its 235th birthday on Wednesday with flyovers at Naval Air Station Oceana.
The flyovers featured old and new aircraft. The Corsair and Super Hornets were the crowd pleasers.
Top military brass talked about the missions of the Navy through the years and how technology has enhanced naval aviation.
"Naval aviators have grown from flying those small airplanes to flying in space to flying high speed jet aircraft off aircraft carriers, and of course our helicopters and patrol aircraft are doing magnificent work globally," said Richard O'Hanlon with Naval Air Force Atlantic.
The Navy was founded in 1775 by the Continental Congress.
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