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This is a great article that was posted on Twitter by John McCann. Thank you! This relates to the material silk, which is a very useful naturally-made material. In my research, I came across a goat that was able to produce silk proteins in its milk thanks to science, but I never saw this. This article talks about how some researchers have been able to modify silkworms to produce a mix of silkworm/spider silk. This is much more sturdy than silk from a silkworm alone. It is better to be produced by a silkworm, because they are easier to raise and more efficient at producing silk. This is a great article to think about biomimicry.

This scholarly article discusses the shift in architecture from constructing buildings that "worked with nature" to today's type of buildings that have very little concern for the nature around them. It also addresses the fact that we should try to model our buildings after animals as we once did. Although this article is quite lengthy, it is definitely worth reading. This article really helped me appreciate architecture.

Nice job explaining what we can expect in the article. Exactly what I am looking for in an annotation.