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The Week In Numbers: New Dinosaur Discovered, The World's Largest Virus, And More

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Jang Bogo
Space Group and KOPRI. Ice Lab commissioned by British Council and curated by The Arts Catalyst.

2014: the year this aerodynamic, flying saucer-like research station is set to open in Antarctica

15 feet: the length of a new cow-like dinosaur discovered in Utah

Nasutoceratops
Lukas Panzarin

1 week: the time it would take Earth's average global surface temperature to drop below 0 degrees Fahrenheit if the sun went out

$1,350: the price of this bio-inspired tarantula robot, which will crawl out of a 3-D printer and into your heart

520 billion: the number of gold nanodots per square inch on the thinnest light absorbers ever built

Thinnest Light Absorbers
Consisting of billions of gold nanodots, these four squares are the thinnest light absorbers ever built.

$495: the price of an "invisibility wetsuit" that hides you from sharks while you swim

Shark-Proof Suit
Shark Attack Mitigation Systems via Radiator

12 miles: the diameter of a new moon discovered orbiting Neptune

New Moon For Neptune
NASA, ESA, and A. Feild (STScI)

44 pounds: the weight of the giant life-hunting bullets astronomers want to fire into Jupiter's moon Europa

$150: the price of a pair of 3-D printed custom shoes

Custom-fitted Shoes
Sam Kaplan

$100: the bounty this Colorado town might pay you for shooting down a government drone

Deer Trail Mayor Franks Fields aims at a hypothetical drone
Amanda Kost, 7NEWS

1.5 to 1.8 liters: the amount of liquid the average active person sweats in an hour (so… how much can a human body sweat before it runs out?)

$130: the price of a new portable head-up display from Garmin

Garmin portable head-up display
Garmin

2,556: the number of genes carried by a newly discovered megavirus, the world's largest known virus. By volume, it is 200 times bigger than the flu.

Hello, Pandoravirus
Chantal Abergel and Jean-Michel Claverie

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