Nathan Yau

It’s exciting when an animal escapes from the zoo. A monkey breaks free…

Drew Harwell, reporting for the Washington Post:
Artificial intelligence tools are not just…

N. Gregory Mankiw and Cecilia Rouse, both former chairs of the Council of…

For the New York Times, Steven Strogatz explains taxicab geometry through the lens…

The problem with two-dimensional map projections is distortion creeps in no matter what…

For the New York Times, Ben Casselman highlights the potential repercussions for shunning…

The prior commissioner for the Bureau of Labor Statistics had some things to…

For the Atlantic, Alexandra Petri on the president’s approach to data:
And now,…

The administration disagreed with the jobs count released by the Bureau of Labor…

From Lazaro Gamio, Tony Romm, and Agnes Chang for the New York Times,…

Just One Line is a fun project that recreates city maps with a…

The American Statistical Association released a report last year on the growing challenges…

When you use a chatbot with companies like Google or OpenAI, your chats…

To everyday users, AI might just seem like another thing that shows up…

For New York Times Magazine, Devin Gordon profiled popular oddsmaker Mazi VS, a…

Tools to use, datasets to poke at, resources to learn from. This is the good stuff for the month.

The OBBB introduced policies for taxes, government assistance, student loans, and immigration, with…

Birds have a strong ability to learn and mimic sounds. So, Benn Jordan…

For the Guardian, Maanvi Singh, Will Craft, and Andrew Witherspoon show the sharp…

The administration is pushing policies to open public land, some 59 million acres…