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The Lapland town of Salla, the coldest in Finland, put in a request to host the Summer Olympics in 2032 to raise awareness of climate change.

These roller coasters break records and make hearts drop around the world. 🎢 #engineering https://t.co/kdioBC39jz

Additionally, a hydrogen refueler that can deliver up to 1325 lb of green hydrogen at 350 bar was introduced. 🚜 #engineering https://t.co/Xv0URMc1KC

The feature isn't exactly new but it has vastly been improved. 🤳 #engineering https://t.co/FMCYV0QEpz

Across the U.S., these requests rose from 941 in 2018 to 11,033 in 2020. 🙄 #engineering https://t.co/GaSmvAcSKW

Saccadic masking is the process by which the brain edits out the motion of our eyes. Look in a mirror, first at one eye and then the other. You won’t be able to see your eyes move but an observer standing next to you will. Image: Petr Novák https://t.co/jmQ6w47Jwl

The Japanese hot spring inn has been welcoming guests since 705 AD. 🏯 #engineering https://t.co/ZkmbP6cn43

The new detector can pick up high-frequency gravitational waves, but what will we compare this data to? 🤔 #engineering https://t.co/Pg5lUIXXRO

Science is as yet in its infancy, and we can foretell little of the future save that the thing that has not been is the thing that shall be; that no beliefs, no values, no institutions are safe. J.B.S. HALDANE

Word of the day: APOPHENIA, n. the tendency to see patterns in unrelated things (apo- ‘from’ + phainein ‘to show’).

6G could bring Star Wars-esque holograms and accelerate cloud computing. 📳 #engineering https://t.co/3ymCaosO0v

Our solar system is home to some unusual places we could potentially migrate to if Earth were to die. 🌎 #engineering https://t.co/oTKFM1BH2G

When heated, nitinol remembers its original shape and returns to it. 😲 #engineering https://t.co/j9dw5Wb1Qg

'In the race against climate change, we can't wait for solutions'. ☀ #engineering https://t.co/njM9MpgR72

Potentially setting it up for a saving throw during blackouts. 🧐] #engineering https://t.co/t19dTNhSsg