The Week In Numbers: On-Demand Quantum Teleportation, A New Mammal Species, And More
Hello, Olinguito Mark Gurney 2 pounds: the weight of the olinguito, an adorable carnivorous mammal species just discovered in South America 20 millikelvins: the temperature at which scientists recently achieved reliable, on-demand quantum teleportation 700 miles per hour: the speed at which Elon Musk's proposed Hyperloop railway system would shoot passengers across the country 50 million years: the amount of time these two galaxies will be colliding, spewing superheated gas and x-rays into space 3,467 miles: the slice of Mars captured in a new radar image from the Mars Express orbiter 17 years: the prison term this ex-chief of a U.S. military supplier just earned for insider trading, fraud, lying to auditors, and obstruction of justice (eesh) $15,000: the funding three college students need to build an electricity-free light bulb powered by bacteria 6 percent: the portion of medical marijuana studies from the past year that investigated the drug's benefits, rather than its harms 165 million years:...