The Week In Numbers: Powdered Booze, New Rules For E-Cigs, And More
151: minimum recommended rum proof for powdering 32 square meters: the surface area of the average human gut 84 years:...


Powdered Alcohol
151: minimum recommended rum proof for powdering
32 square meters: the surface area of the average human gut

Micrograph Image Showing Intestinal Villi
84 years: the time it takes for 9 drops of pitch to fall
215 calls to poison centers per month: involve e-cigarette liquids, one of the reasons the FDA has put new restrictions on vaping
35 million cubic feet: the amount of nuclear waste at a seaside dump in Britain, which is “virtually certain to be eroded by rising sea levels”

Sellafield nuclear site
98.52 percent: the portion of human faces that a new algorithm can identify correctly
60 years: the age of the solar cell this week

Solar Arrays on the ISS
$200: the price to pre-order a Roomba-like miniature printer

Pocket Printer