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Weather displayed as vintage 1990s forecast on the Weather Channel

Infographics / Michael Battaglia, vintage, weather

There was a time when you tuned in to the Weather Channel on…
Rubin Observatory releases first imagery of the night sky at enormous scale

Maps / Rubin Observatory, space

The Vera C. Rubin Observatory, jointly funded by the National Science Foundation and…
Depth of bunker-buster bombs

Infographics / bomb, New York Times, scale

To show how deep bunker-buster bombs penetrate the ground, the New York…
Autism definition changed, which led to rise in diagnoses

Statistics / Allen Frances, autism, New York Times, vaccination

Allen Frances, a psychiatrist who chaired the group to update the Diagnostic and…
Satellite imagery shows avoided nuclear reactors in Iran

Maps / Bloomberg, Iran, nuclear, satellite imagery

Jonathan Tirone, reporting for Bloomberg:
Notably absent from the latest International Atomic Energy…
Smart glasses that track activity, emotion, and what you eat

Artificial Intelligence / Emteq, glasses, Tom's Guide

For Tom’s Guide, Jason England reviews smart glasses by Emteq, which are equipped…
Feelings when strangers talk for 30 minutes

Infographics / Alvin Chang, conversation, Pudding, strangers

For the Pudding, Alvin Chang uses the CANDOR corpus to explore our feelings…
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Making Data Relatable

The Process / relate

Communicate data so that more people care and fewer glaze over and fall into a deep mental slumber.
As temperatures rise, how much turbulence to expect on your flight

Maps / climate change, flights, turbulence, Washington Post

With temperatures rising, we must prepare for how everyday life could change, other…
Relationships outside an appropriate age range

Data Underload / age, relationships

People tend to marry or partner with those closer to their age. However, some venture outside the typical range.
Republican bill’s effects on household income, by income group

Statistical Visualization / bill, government, taxes, Upshot

The bill proposed by the current administration affects incomes of the poor and…
Design suggestions to make more accessible visualizations

Design / accessibility, Nancy Organ

Making charts that are accessible to those with visual difficulties might seem like…
Pizza activity spikes just before reports of Israel attacking Iran

Statistics / Pentagon Pizza Report, pizza, Pizza Meter Theory

The Pentagon Pizza Report tracks pizza place activity near the Pentagon. From the…
Seating chart for lone survivor in India plane crash

Infographics / airplane, BBC, crash, seating

There was one survivor from Air India flight AI171. He sat in seat…
Asian misrepresentation in American films

Infographics / Anna Li, Asian, Dorothy Lu, film, Pudding, representation

For the Pudding, Dorothy Lu and Anna Li examine the match rate between…
Disney and Universal sue Midjourney, the generative AI service

Artificial Intelligence / copyright, Disney, ethics, midjourney, Reuters, Universal

For Reuters, Dawn Chmielewski reports on the alleged copyright infringement.
In the suit…
Apple introduces third dimension to Swift Charts framework

Coding / 3-D, Apple, Swift Charts

Apple, with an announcement that the world has been waiting for, released 3-D…
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Comparing multiples

The Process / baseline, comparison

This week we make it easier to compare multiple charts when differences are small but significant.
Airlines sell passenger flight data to Customs and Border Protection

Data Sharing / 404 Media, airlines, ethics, flight, privacy

While there are laws in the U.S. to protect some of your privacy…
Nazi propaganda charts

Infographics / Attila Batorfy, Nazi, propaganda, RJ Andrews

RJ Andrews and Attila Bátorfy highlight information graphics from Signal, the Nazi propaganda…

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