Joel Somerfield created this motion graphic to Carl Sagan’s Pale Blue Dot monologue. Good stuff:
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We keep getting bigger. Watch overweight and obesity rates move up over several decades.
We know when people usually get married. We know who never marries. Finally, it’s time to look at the other side: divorce and remarriage.
With wildfires burning in the western United States, smoke fills the air. This is an animation of the air quality during the past couple of months.
People tend to have more money saved up over time, but range and variation also grow, and often it’s not enough.