Jang Bogo Space Group and KOPRI. Ice Lab commissioned by British Council and curated by The Arts Catalyst.
2014: the year this aerodynamic, flying saucer-like research station is set to open in Antarctica
15 feet: the length of a new cow-like dinosaur discovered in Utah
Nasutoceratops: Lukas Panzarin
1 week: the time it would take Earth’s average global surface temperature to drop below 0 degrees Fahrenheit if the sun went out
$ 1,350: the price of this bio-inspired tarantula robot, which will crawl out of a 3-D printer and into your heart
520 billion: the number of gold nanodots per square inch on the thinnest light absorbers ever built
$ 495: the price of an “invisibility wetsuit” that hides you from sharks while you swim
12 miles: the diameter of a new moon discovered orbiting Neptune
New Moon For Neptune: NASA, ESA, and A. Feild (STScI)
44 pounds: the weight of the giant life-hunting bullets astronomers want to fire into Jupiter’s moon Europa
$ 150: the price of a pair of 3-D printed custom shoes
Custom-fitted Shoes: Sam Kaplan
$ 100: the bounty this Colorado town might pay you for shooting down a government drone
Deer Trail Mayor Franks Fields aims at a hypothetical drone: Amanda Kost, 7NEWS
1.5 to 1.8 liters: the amount of liquid the average active person sweats in an hour (so… how much can a human body sweat before it runs out?)
$ 130: the price of a new portable head-up display from Garmin
Garmin portable head-up display: Garmin
2,556: the number of genes carried by a newly discovered megavirus, the world’s largest known virus. By volume, it is 200 times bigger than the flu.
Hello, Pandoravirus: Chantal Abergel and Jean-Michel Claverie
Popular Science – New Technology, Science News, The Future Now
The Week In Numbers: New Dinosaur Discovered, The World"s Largest Virus, And More
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