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Saturday, September 26, 2009

Spider Silk

  • NY Times article re: Spider Silk.
  • Spider Silk at the American Museum of Natural History, New York, NY.
  • Gold Cloth woven from spider silk -- this is too cool!
Posted by Minka at Saturday, September 26, 2009
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