You’re reading Significant Digits, a daily digest of the numbers tucked inside the news. 26 ancient cities A team of archaeologists was able to analyze 12,000 clay tablets detailing business transactions mentioning 26 ancient cities. Here’s the even cooler part: 11 of those cities are lost. However, using the locations of the 15 known cities […]
You’re reading Significant Digits, a daily digest of the numbers tucked inside the news. 75 percent The Department of Justice is distributing $772.5 million in recovered funds to Bernie Madoff’s victims and ultimately anticipates returning $4 billion to them. That, plus around $9 billion from the liquidation of his firm, means that when all is […]
You’re reading Significant Digits, a daily digest of the numbers tucked inside the news. 4.3 points A study of 416 men and women who arrived in the E.R. with moderate to severe pain in their arms or legs found compelling evidence against the necessity of opioids in pain management. When patients rated their pain on […]
You’re reading Significant Digits, a daily digest of the numbers tucked inside the news. 4 countries A Facebook pilot program described by Australia’s eSafety Commissioner probably sounded far better on paper. Available in the U.S., Canada, U.K. and Australia, Facebook’s intention is to cut back on the spread of revenge porn. However, their way of […]
You’re reading Significant Digits, a daily digest of the numbers tucked inside the news. 9 percent Percentage of tweets that hit the 140 character limit on Twitter, according to data from the company. Yesterday they increased the number of characters that can appear in a tweet to 280, thus ruining the service and doubling the […]