According to a recent article in Slate, researchers believe the evolution of human pregnancy may be linked to a parasitic DNA (10-07) that infected our ancestors by replicating itself throughout their genomes 100 million years ago (10+08). Scientists studied the uterine cells of three contemporary mammals, specifically opossums, armadillos and humans. Their goal was “… [...]
A 2010 article in National Geographic News explores the idea that no two snowflakes are alike. There are “10,000,000,000,000,000,000 [or 10+19] water molecules in a typical snow crystal,” and each one forms when a supercooled cloud droplet (roughly 10-05 meters in diameter) freezes. While it’s true that each snow crystal sparkles in its own unique [...]
We can consider the power 10+13 from multiple perspectives. A few of many examples are listed below: Surface area of Antarctica, Russia, Africa and the moon (14, 17, 30 and 38 megameters2 respectively) Total wealth (as of 2010) of the 10.9 million people in the world with $1 million or more of investable assets Diameter [...]
National Geographic gives us food for thought on Thanksgiving: “Some 242 million turkeys [10+08] were raised in the U.S. in 2010 for slaughter, down 2 percent from 2009′s total, according to the U.S. Department of Agriculture’s National Agricultural Statistics Service. Last year’s birds were worth about U.S. $3.6 billion [10+09]. About 46 million turkeys will [...]
Americans are exposed to an average of 3,000 ads (10+03) per day. That’s over one million (10+06) ads each year, which include such tactics as ambient advertising, endorsers, naming rights, targeted advertising, cross-merchandizing, product placement and digital or “virtual” advertising. According to Media Awareness Network, “Even outer space isn’t safe from commercialization: the Russian space [...]
Nike is a company thinking green. Lorrie Vogel the head of Nike Considered explained to Matthew Wheeland of GreenBiz.com: “For us, it’s about creating closed-loop products, taking materials from an old shoe and an old shirt, grinding it up and turning them into a new shoe, a new shirt.” Many techniques have been put into [...]
From CNN news… “A 10-year-old Canadian girl will head back to school this month with a good case for some extra credit in science: She became the youngest person to discover a supernova during the holiday break. “Kathryn Aurora Gray of Fredericton, New Brunswick, spotted the exploding star, dubbed supernova 2010lt, on Monday from an [...]
Add your 2 cents! U.S. Pennies to the Tree People! Show your Powers of Ten by donating pennies at the Eames Office. We are trying to raise 10+06 (one million) pennies for the TreePeople.