--- title: Antarctica has a housing shortage too, unreal EV records, and more newsy numbers - The Hustle description: "Plus: A record “Super Mario Bros” speed run, and an increase in $100k+ American households." image: https://hs-sbup.thehustle.co/hubfs/The%20Hustle%20News/Assets/Images/2022377857-httpsthdaily.s3.us-west-1.amazonaws.comfinal_size-digits9_18_23_20230917235509.webp --- # Antarctica has a housing shortage too, unreal EV records, and more newsy numbers ![Ben Berkley](https://53.fs1.hubspotusercontent-na1.net/hubfs/53/assets/hubspot.com/web-team/WBZ/HubSpot%20Media/Blog%202021/Images/Nav/Optimized/TheHustle_Icon_Dark.svg) [Ben Berkley](https://hs-sbup.thehustle.co/author/ben-berkley) Published: September 19, 2023 Updated: October 11, 2023 **$74.8k: **The median US household income in 2022, down 0.8% YoY, [per](https://www.axios.com/2023/09/14/where-america-stands?utm_source=newsletter&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=newsletter_axioswhatsnext&stream=science) the Census Bureau’s annual survey. Fortunately, though the median household income fell a tad, no state saw an increase in its poverty rate. Also notable: a 3% uptick in American households making $100k+, now up to 37% of homes. ![A collage on a rainbow-colored background depicting an experimental electric vehicle, an icy Antarctic landscape, a disembodied set of hands on a Super Nintendo gaming controller, and a large sack filled with cash.](https://hs-sbup.thehustle.co/hs-fs/hubfs/The%20Hustle%20News/Assets/Images/2022377857-httpsthdaily.s3.us-west-1.amazonaws.comfinal_size-digits9_18_23_20230917235509.webp?width=595&height=400&name=2022377857-httpsthdaily.s3.us-west-1.amazonaws.comfinal_size-digits9_18_23_20230917235509.webp) **4:54.631: **The new record for speed-running “Super Mario Bros,” set by gamer Niftski. Per *Ars Technica*, this [impressive feat](https://arstechnica.com/gaming/2023/09/record-breaking-super-mario-bros-speedrun-approaches-robotic-perfection/) requires a “pixel-perfect execution” of a particular level’s challenges and is just 0.35 seconds away from a machine speed run. For comparison, the average time to beat the game’s main story is two hours. **51%: **Proportion of planned scientific missions [canceled or curtailed](https://www.science.org/content/article/u-s-cancels-or-curtails-half-its-antarctic-research-projects?utm_source=substack&utm_medium=email) at the United States Antarctic Program this summer. A leading reason for the reduction is a familiar story on the other six continents: a housing shortage. The National Science Foundation’s McMurdo Station is meant to host up to 1.2k scientists and support staff, but it’s a few hundred beds short. Covid and inflation have hampered a $500m renovation project, including a much-needed 285-bed dormitory. **1.6k miles: **New record [distance covered](https://robbreport.com/motors/cars/student-designed-ev-can-run-has-record-1600-mile-range-1234897776/) on *a single charge* by an EV prototype. Students from the Technical University of Munich who built the long-range EV drove it around an empty airplane hangar — for 99+ straight hours —until its battery died. Amateur Alps-adjacent scientists are on a roll this month: Students at the Academic Motorsports Club Zurich built another record-setting EV, this one recognized as the fastest accelerating electric car, going from zero to 62 mph in *less than a full second*. 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