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The University of Chicago hosts an annual debate on the relative merits of latkes (a potato pancake eaten at Hanukkah) and hamantashen (a triangular pastry associated with Purim).

This is how tram tracks are replaced in a short time. 🚚 #engineering https://t.co/sn4SxYfOIY

In what might come as a relief to many, BioNTech said that their existing vaccines are likely to offer protection in severe cases, even from the Omicron variant. Find out more information at https://t.co/Io92VsCWZP 🚀 #Engineering https://t.co/C5SEQDxHma

Don't miss it. 🌌 #engineering https://t.co/Onn9vUsHUc

We're 'still the best, but they’re catching up'. 🛰️ #engineering https://t.co/UXDx95W5pl

And we're weeks away from confirming the truth. 💉 #engineering https://t.co/4Th6dPMMyb

"If you had to identify, in one word, the reason why the human race has not achieved, and never will achieve, its full potential, that word would be 'meetings'." DAVE BARRY

These unique gloves turn sign language into audible sound. 🧤🎶 #engineering https://t.co/32ulI9IKtW

NASA's pinned its hopes of a return to the moon on SpaceX's Starship. But the entire enterprise just hit a snag. Find out more at https://t.co/iHGp5KB5ER 🚀 #Engineering https://t.co/68JH69m4Py

The Khasi people of India make bridges by shaping live tree roots. Since the trees and roots are still alive, a living bridge can last as long as the tree lives - hundreds of years. (Image: Anselmrogers; CC BY-SA.) https://t.co/LaFQanWOHJ

Stryker vehicles will be fitted with 50kW lasers to make a platoon. 🧐 #engineering https://t.co/LwaxTQn1eY

And it will run at 2,400 horsepower. 🧐 #engineering https://t.co/C8ZqH9VhQU

Air pollution is their biggest concern. 🚗 #engineering https://t.co/EmUeTkO01j

Bring home a piece of Ferrari history. 🏎️ #engineering https://t.co/8UQ7p5Xola

Word of the day: MOREISH - used to describe a food that you want to keep eating, even though you're really already full Surely one more bite wouldn't hurt, would it?