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Numbers: The Majority of Minors Have Faced Mental Illness

04.17.2012

by Kat McGowan

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Numbers: The Sun, From Temperature to Solar Cycles to Fuel Supply

05.30.2011

Numbers: The 
Nervous System, From 268-MPH Signals to Trillions of Synapses

05.15.2011

Oceans, From the Deep Currents to the Big Oxygen Generators

01.24.2011

Human Parasites, From the Ones in Your Bed to the Ones You Get by Prescription

01.17.2011

Unknowns, From Matter to DNA to Brain Cells

01.08.2011

Numbers: Elements, From the Newest to the Most Abundant to the Most Valuable

11.24.2010

Numbers: Nuclear Weapons, From Making a Bomb to Making a Stockpile to Making Peace

10.23.2010

Numbers: Migrations, From Birds to Whales to Humans

10.02.2010

Numbers: Genomics, From the Human Genome Project to the Fish With the Giant Genome

08.06.2010

Numbers: Information, From Our 34 GBs/Day to the 8 Trillion Tweets in History

05.13.2010

Numbers: Railways, From Amtrak to TGV to China

02.28.2010

Numbers: Water, From Precipitation to Irrigation to Sanitation

01.23.2010

Numbers: Plastics, From Manufacturing to Recycling to Long Death in a Landfill

10.21.2009

Numbers: Microbes, From the Tiny Genome to the 70 Trillion in Your Body

10.15.2009

Numbers: Allergies, From the Fecund Ragweed to Killer Peanuts

08.16.2009

Numbers: Drugs, From Development to Testing to Marketing to Drinking Water

05.28.2009

78 Exabytes of Facebook, Porn, and More

The big numbers behind Internet use in the U.S. 04.19.2009

Seeds, From the Largest to the Oldest to the Safest

03.08.2009

From Hi-Tech Communications Beacons to the Infamous Flying Tool Bag

After yesterday's first-ever satellite collision, here's a closer look at these free-falling objects. 02.12.2009

Dams, From Hoover to Three Gorges to the Crumbling Ones

02.08.2009