13 comparison tools
Time & duration
Where a span of time sits between a heartbeat, a human life and the age of the Earth.
- A human life A lifespan broken into the years spent asleep, working, eating and looking at screens.
- Cooking times A cooking time against the things everyone has stood waiting for.
- Dog years An age translated between human and dog years, using the curve rather than the myth.
- Geological time A span of years against extinctions, ice ages, the first life and the formation of the Earth.
- How long is that in songs? A duration in three-and-a-half-minute songs, episodes and films.
- How long is that wait? A wait against the delays everyone knows: a kettle, an advert, a queue, a flight.
- How long is that? Any duration placed between a blink, a human lifetime and the age of the universe.
- How long will it take? An estimate in hours placed against the real length of familiar tasks and projects.
- Million vs billion seconds The single clearest demonstration of the gap between a million and a billion.
- Screen time A daily screen time turned into weeks a year and years of a life.
- Sleep duration A night’s sleep on a scale marked with the recommended range for each age.
- Travel times A travel time against walking, driving, flying and spacecraft on the same trip.
- Your age in heartbeats An age converted into days, hours, breaths and heartbeats.