157

The number of pregnant women in the continental United States who havetested positive for the Zika virus, according to a May 20 report from the CDC. Another 122 pregnant women in U.S. territories have caught the virus, which puts their unborn babies at risk of microcephaly.

488 million

The estimated number of social media posts and comments generated by the image-conscious Chinese government every year, according to a study led by a Harvard University researcher.

54 mph

The average speed of the Solar Impulse 2 during one American leg of the experimental solar-powered airplane’s circumnavigation of the world. The pilots of the solar plane made the flight from Phoenix to Tulsa, Okla., in 18 hours and hope to complete their historic circumnavigation by late summer.

63.8 pounds

The weight of 13-year-old Charles Patchen’s state-record-breaking catfish catch on the Chattahoochee River in Florida on May 15. The Alabama teen needed two hours to reel in the humongous fish.

$2.2 million

The endowment retired businessman Louis J. Appignani gave to the University of Miami to create the nation’s first academic chair “for the study of atheism, humanism and secular ethics.” Appignani told The New York Times, “I’m trying to eliminate discrimination against atheists.”