Discover Magazine | Numbers http://discovermagazine.com Science, Technology, and The Future Numbers: Plastics, From Manufacturing to Recycling to Long Death in a Landfill http://discovermagazine.com/2009/oct/21-numbers-plastics-manufacturing-recycling-death-landfill http://discovermagazine.com/2009/oct/21-numbers-plastics-manufacturing-recycling-death-landfill http://discovermagazine.com/2009/oct/21-numbers-plastics-manufacturing-recycling-death-landfill/key_image Wed, 21 Oct 2009 08:55:00 -0500 Wed, 21 Oct 2009 08:55:00 -0500 Print Article Numbers: Microbes, From the Tiny Genome to the 70 Trillion in Your Body http://discovermagazine.com/2009/sep/15-numbers-microbes-tiny-genome-70-trillion-your-body http://discovermagazine.com/2009/sep/15-numbers-microbes-tiny-genome-70-trillion-your-body Jeremy Jacquot http://discovermagazine.com/2009/sep/15-numbers-microbes-tiny-genome-70-trillion-your-body/key_image Thu, 15 Oct 2009 10:55:00 -0500 Thu, 15 Oct 2009 10:55:00 -0500 Print Article Numbers: Allergies, From the Fecund Ragweed to Killer Peanuts http://discovermagazine.com/2009/jul-aug/16-numbers-allergies-fecund-ragweed-killer-peanuts http://discovermagazine.com/2009/jul-aug/16-numbers-allergies-fecund-ragweed-killer-peanuts Andrew Grant http://discovermagazine.com/2009/jul-aug/16-numbers-allergies-fecund-ragweed-killer-peanuts/key_image Sun, 16 Aug 2009 17:55:00 -0500 Sun, 16 Aug 2009 17:55:00 -0500 Print Article Numbers: Drugs, From Development to Testing to Marketing to Drinking Water http://discovermagazine.com/2009/jun/27-drugs-from-development-to-testing-to-marketing-to-drinking-water http://discovermagazine.com/2009/jun/27-drugs-from-development-to-testing-to-marketing-to-drinking-water Jeremy Jacquot http://discovermagazine.com/2009/jun/27-drugs-from-development-to-testing-to-marketing-to-drinking-water/key_image Thu, 28 May 2009 09:00:00 -0500 Thu, 28 May 2009 09:00:00 -0500 Print Article Numbers: 78 Exabytes of Facebook, Porn, and More http://discovermagazine.com/2009/may/78-exabytes-of-facebook-porn-and-more http://discovermagazine.com/2009/may/78-exabytes-of-facebook-porn-and-more The big numbers behind Internet use in the U.S. For example, 5.47: the number of subscriptions to adult-content sites per 1,000 households with broadband access in Utah, the state with the highest rate of subscriptions. Montana has the lowest rate, with 1.92 per 1,000 households. Adam Hadhazy http://discovermagazine.com/2009/may/78-exabytes-of-facebook-porn-and-more/key_image Sun, 19 Apr 2009 15:50:00 -0500 Sun, 19 Apr 2009 15:50:00 -0500 Print Article Numbers: Seeds, From the Largest to the Oldest to the Safest http://discovermagazine.com/2009/apr/08-seeds-largest-oldest-safest http://discovermagazine.com/2009/apr/08-seeds-largest-oldest-safest Jeremy Jacquot http://discovermagazine.com/2009/apr/08-seeds-largest-oldest-safest/key_image Sun, 08 Mar 2009 12:20:00 -0500 Sun, 08 Mar 2009 12:20:00 -0500 Print Article Numbers: From Hi-Tech Communications Beacons to the Infamous Flying Tool Bag http://discovermagazine.com/2009/feb/12-hi-tech-communications-beacons-infamous-toolbag http://discovermagazine.com/2009/feb/12-hi-tech-communications-beacons-infamous-toolbag After yesterday's first-ever satellite collision, here's a closer look at these free-falling objects. Jeremy Jacquot http://discovermagazine.com/2009/feb/12-hi-tech-communications-beacons-infamous-toolbag/key_image Thu, 12 Feb 2009 12:30:00 -0600 Thu, 12 Feb 2009 12:30:00 -0600 Print Article Numbers: Dams, From Hoover to Three Gorges to the Crumbling Ones http://discovermagazine.com/2009/mar/08-dams-hoover-three-gorges-crumbling-ones http://discovermagazine.com/2009/mar/08-dams-hoover-three-gorges-crumbling-ones Jeremy Jacquot http://discovermagazine.com/2009/mar/08-dams-hoover-three-gorges-crumbling-ones/key_image Sun, 08 Feb 2009 08:00:00 -0600 Sun, 08 Feb 2009 08:00:00 -0600 Print Article