In a 2005 paper “If I look at the mass I will never…
2016
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Decision-making with big numbers we can’t really see
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Computed screen time for men and women
In a collaborative effort, the Geena Davis Institute on Gender in Media computed…
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Diversity percentages for US schools
Based on 2014 estimates from the U.S. Department of Education, the Chronicle of…
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Mississippi drainage
Horace Mitchell for NASA’s Scientific Visualization Studio mapped the massive drainage basin that…
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Explore the stars with this interactive Star Mapper
Jan Willem Tulp, in collaboration with the European Space Agency, produced the ESA…
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Shorten the Visualization Path Back to Reality
Visualization is complex, but if I were to break it down simply, I’d…
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Police surveillance in a digital world
Glenn Smith and Andrew Knapp for the Post and Courier investigate the current…
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Oceans absorbing heat
It keeps getting hotter on this planet, and the oceans are absorbing most…
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xkcd: Earth temperature timeline
In classic xkcd-fashion, Randall Munroe timelines the Earth’s temperature, dating back to 20,000…
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Innovation by Design Awards
Co.Design picked the winners for their annual Innovation by Design Awards. My series…
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Watch bacteria evolve resistance to antibiotic
Scientists at Harvard University setup the MEGA-plate, essentially a giant petri dish, with…
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Swing states are a relatively new thing
Here’s a fun one from the Guardian. They go over the change in…
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Election DataBot provides a feed of the interesting data stories
There is a ton of election-related data pushed out every day, so much…
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Serena Williams, greatest of all time
Serena Williams, who plays tonight in the U.S. Open semifinal, might be the…
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How to Make Beeswarm Plots in R to Show Distributions
Try the more element-based approach instead of your traditional histogram or boxplot.
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Comma Chameleon, a stripped-down CSV editor
CSV files are great, but every now and then you have to edit…
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Radio station frequencies, by genre
In most areas in the United States, lower FM frequencies are reserved for…
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More global warming, more flooding
Water levels are rising, and naturally, the coasts are feeling it. Jonathan Corum…
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Oil fires in Iraq seen from above
Though far away, there’s still a lot you can see, as the NASA…
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Dear Data, the book
For a year, Stefanie Posavec and Giorgia Lupi drew data postcards and sent…