Raindrops keep falling on my head, but now I can characterize this experience with superior precision using WolframAlpha.

Raindrops keep falling on my head, but now I can characterize this experience with superior precision using WolframAlpha.

Warp Speed!

The Borg are coming. You’re joining the fleet at Wolf 359 to try and stop them. How fast do you need to go to get there in time?

First, find out how fast you need to go in terms of the speed of light:

Second, convert that into warp speed with Wolfram|Alpha’s new converter:

Wolfram|Alpha determines you would need a warp factor of 7.818 to reach Wolfram 359 within 3 days.

As to what happens when you get there, we can’t help you with that. Best of luck.

Water on Earth

If you take the total amount of water on Earth and divide it by the world population, that equals about .204 cubic kilometers of water per person.

Just how much water is that? Well, it is about .6 times the volume of oil transported by oil tankers worldwide in a year:

But what about just the fresh water?

Happy World Turtle Day! 
Did you know the maximum recorded lifespan of a tortoise is 255 years old? 

Happy World Turtle Day! 

Did you know the maximum recorded lifespan of a tortoise is 255 years old? 

Which organisms give off cyan light?

Which organisms give off cyan light?

500 nm light is green. 

500 nm light is green. 

Learn more about the upcoming annular solar eclipse with Wolfram|Alpha. 

Learn more about the upcoming annular solar eclipse with Wolfram|Alpha. 

When will the moon rise on the release date of Moonrise Kingdom?

When will the moon rise on the release date of Moonrise Kingdom?

We’ve performed a major upgrade to the existing color functionality in Wolfram|Alpha!

We’ve performed a major upgrade to the existing color functionality in Wolfram|Alpha!