Silkworm hold a place among the unknown rock 'n' roll elite, which is kind of a bummer, in a way. Then again, the same could probably be said of other artists that share this same fate. After all, if ...

Writing as Robert Galbraith, J.K. Rowling is set to release her next crime novel The Silkworm on June 19. The novel will continue in the tradition of Rowling’s 2013 novel The Cuckoo’s Calling — for ...

As one of the strongest materials known to science, spider silk regularly finds itself at the center of exciting engineering breakthroughs, and a new study involving a quick chemical bath could take ...

Tomorrow (Feb. 21) Silkworm are releasing an expanded vinyl reissue of their 1997 album Developer via Comedy Minus One. The beloved indie rock outfit was active from 1987 to 2005, and broke up due to ...

When a Chinese newspaper broke a story in January about a ring of underground factories making counterfeit soy sauce–packaged in brand name bottles, but made with dirty water and carcinogenic ...

The spectacular unmasking of debut crime novelist Robert Galbraith as none other than first-time crime author J. K. Rowling set the bookish world alight last year, but the Harry Potter scribe’s ...

From reproductive rights to climate change to Big Tech, The Independent is on the ground when the story is developing. Whether it's investigating the financials of Elon Musk's pro-Trump PAC or ...

Damaged human heart muscle cannot be regenerated. Scar tissue grows in place of the damaged muscle cells. Scientists are seeking to restore complete cardiac function with the help of artificial ...

Current methods for repairing injured nerves can be hit-and-miss and are restricted to repair over short distances. For the first time, researchers have combined two kinds of silk to create a ...

MIAOLI, Taiwan — Licking its lips imperiously, a ginger cat mops up every last morsel of food from its curly whiskers, clearly undaunted by its supper's rather unusual base ingredient — silkworm pupae ...