You’re reading Significant Digits, a daily digest of the numbers tucked inside the news. 1.5 centimeters That’s the length of a metal grill brush’s fiber. In Canada doctors are speaking out against the use of that standard kitchen implement, arguing that dislodged brush fibers get caught in the body and removing them is like removing […]
You’re reading Significant Digits, a daily digest of the numbers tucked inside the news. This is Julia Wolfe, filling in for Walt Hickey, our most significant leader, for a couple of days while he gets a little R&R. 1/400th Scientists have discovered a new galaxy that is stumping astrophysicists. It appears to have only 1/400th […]
You’re reading Significant Digits, a daily digest of the numbers tucked inside the news. This is Julia Wolfe, filling in for Walt Hickey, our most significant leader, for a couple of days while he gets a little R&R. 1 out of 3 black Americans There will be no charges brought against the two officers involved […]
You’re reading Significant Digits, a daily digest of the numbers tucked inside the news. This is Anna Maria Barry-Jester, filling in for Walt Hickey, our most significant leader, for a couple of days while he gets a little R&R. 1.5 percent vacancy 5,000 residential units were destroyed last year when wildfires ripped through northern California. […]
You’re reading Significant Digits, a daily digest of the numbers tucked inside the news. This is Anna Maria Barry-Jester, filling in for Walt Hickey, our most significant leader, for a couple of days while he gets a little R&R. 4 out of 10 people The obesity rate keeps on growing in the U.S. Data released […]