News about Joan Claybrook, including commentary and archival articles published in The New York Times.o the Editor: John Tierney suggests that the 1978 fuel-economy standards made vehicles lighter and thus less safe. But the fact is that after the standards took effect, 85 percent of fuel economy gains came from gas-saving technologies, not...
Scientists concluded that the average human body contains approximately 37.2 trillion cells! Of course, your body will have more or fewer cells than that total, depending upon how your size compares to the average human being, but that's a good starting point for estimating the number of cells in your own body.
How many atoms are in a human cell? Quick Answer. According a study from Washington University, there are approximately 100 trillion atoms in a human cell. Approximately the same number of cells are in the entire human body, meaning that 10 octillion atoms, or a 1 followed by 28 zeros, make up each person.