Spider-Man's webbing really could stop a train if it recreated what exists in nature, research has shown.
In the film Spider-Man 2, the superhero shoots strands of the material at surrounding buildings to prevent a runaway train plummeting to disaster.
The scene seems far- fetched even by Hollywood standards, but not according to a group of young British scientists investigating the amazing properties of spider's silk.
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