The Week In Numbers: Overdosing On Caffeine, A Folding Bike Helmet, And More
Friday, May 2, 2014 - 18:00
in Physics & Chemistry
SolePower Illustration by Lucas Nene/Sole Power 15 miles: the distance you must walk to charge your smartphone using a new shoe insole that stores energy from footsteps as electricity 322 body lengths in a second: the speed of the world's fastest land animal, relative to size 57.14 cups of regular brewed coffee: the amount of caffeine it would take to kill our intern 132 people: have been sickened in a recent Salmonella outbreak linked to pet bearded dragons A bearded dragon André Karwath via Wikimedia Commons 50,000 gallons: the amount of crude oil that is "missing" after a train derailment in Lynchburg, Virginia The James River on fire, April 30, 2014. Image captured shortly after several rail tankers of...