The Week In Numbers: Big Tails, Deep Dives, And More
176,000: the number of business stories the AP is now able to produce in a year, using its new, no-human-needed,...
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176,000: the number of business stories the AP is now able to produce in a year, using its new, no-human-needed, story-writing software.
887: combined horsepower of the 2015 Porsche 918 Spyder, a hybrid sports car.
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17.6 teslas: the strength of a magnetic field recently trapped in a thumb-size bar of superconducting material. This is the strongest magnetic field ever trapped in a superconductor. Maglev trains, anyone?
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7 times: magnitude increase in the number of wind turbines in the U.S. since 1992. Experts think a renewable-energy tax credit drove this buildup. They’re now worried that if Congress does not renew the credit, progress will slow.
**14: **the number of types of non-lethal weapons the U.S. Office of Naval Research sought in a recent call for contracts.
130 percent: mass of a tufted ground squirrel’s tail, in relation to its body. This is the greatest tail-to-body ratio for any known mammal. Local hunters report the squirrel species kills deer and disembowels them. Scientists studying the species are keeping an open mind about these claims.
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1.118 miles: depth to which devil rays—normally considered an ocean-surface-dwelling fish—have been found to dive.
Creepy: appearance of a devil ray