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Dennis Duncan’s book ‘Index, a History of The’ has an index composed by professional indexer Paula Clarke Bain. Under the rubric ‘Indexers’, it has such entries such as ‘feeble recompense for’, ‘human superiority’, and ‘veneration of [and quite right too].’

BREAKING: It was a true monster of the skies. 😯 #engineering https://t.co/Mw0pKRoU92

Can money buy eternity? We are one step closer to discovering the answer. Find out more at https://t.co/qMxNz41GSi 🚀 #Engineering https://t.co/fakolUubMb

The photochromic contact lenses fit for both indoors and outdoors use. 👁️ #engineering https://t.co/71VqoRD9ts

A pile of cotton starts its journey as fibres and turns into thread, then to fabric, and finally a shirt. 🤔 #engineering https://t.co/vYZtSYs3fr

The successor to Hubble is halfway through aligning its mirrors. 🔭 #engineering https://t.co/6CBMVMeGb7

Carrying its DNA in a membranous pouch. 🧬 #engineering https://t.co/0BMKlMsG5L

These are the ugly ducklings of the space world. 🚀 #engineering https://t.co/Tu1zgJ1T2j

According to Merriam-Webster, the word ‘colleague’ is most commonly used with such words as ‘fellow’, ‘esteemed’, and ‘distinguished’. The word ‘coworker’ is often used with such words as ‘difficult’, ‘bossy’, and ‘annoying’.

More broadly, the IKEA effect speaks to how we tend to like things more if we’ve expended effort to create them.

My girlfriend's car's navigation showed potatoes when we crossed the border into Idaho. https://t.co/mUjbg3T1xu

Astronaut’s view of Planet Earth while working in space.‬ This footage was taken by nasa astronaut Peggy Whitson during a spacewalk on the International Space Station on March 30, 2017. She was joined on the spacewalk by NASA astronaut Shane Kimbrough. During the spacewalk, one of the shields was inadvertently lost. The loss posed no immediate danger to the astronauts and Kimbrough and Whitson went on to successfully install the remaining shields on the common berthing mechanism port. #worldofengineering #engineering #space #iss #astronaut #nasa #planetearth

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Musk responded within hours. 😯 #engineering https://t.co/LUyfPQk2tA