Rosenfeld, et al. from Stanford University ran a survey in 2009 for a…
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Probability you will break up with your partner
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Stacked bus routes on a map
Speaking of 3-D usage on maps, here’s a map of bus routes in…
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Segregation compared during work and at home
Based on commuting data from the Census Bureau, researchers Matthew Hall, John Iceland,…
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Most Uniquely Popular Job in Each State
These are the jobs in each state that are most specific to the place.
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Searching for the saddest punt ever, with statistics
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Making Data “Come Alive”, Needs More Cowbell
“How do I make my data come alive? I want it to sing. I want it to dance.” Here are some ways to achieve that.
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From text to paint
Leslie Roberts uses paint to encode text as colors and geometry:
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Billions at the Franchise Box Office
There’s big money in wizarding worlds, galaxies far away, and various time-shifted universes. Let’s take a stroll through the billions of dollars earned by franchises over the years.
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How fast emissions would reduce if other plans were adopted
The United States is doing pretty poorly in reducing emissions. For The New…
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French fry power rankings
Lucas Kwan Peterson for the Los Angeles Times ranked fast food french fries.…
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Opportunity rover’s path on Mars
After a most unforgiving dust storm on Mars, NASA ended the 14-year mission…
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Visualization Critique: Giving, Interpreting, and Rejecting
Figure out the useful bits and get rid of everything else.
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Language used for the wall
For The Upshot, Kevin Quealy continues on his path looking at the words…
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Data-driven porn
Gustavo Turner for Logic on his experiences covering the porn industry and the…
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EGOT Winner Timelines
Only 15 people have done it, since you know, it’s not really easy to do. Here’s how and when they did it.
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Generate a noise field from an image
Kjetil Golid made an interactive that lets you generate a noise field using…
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Scale of Star Wars characters and ships
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Brewery Road Trip, Optimized With Genetic Algorithm
Visit the best American breweries of 2018, based on RateBeer rankings, while minimizing travel time and distance.
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Evolution of the periodic table of elements
As more elements were discovered, the table grew and changed layout. For Science…
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Stolen Charts, Reusing Visualization Methods, and the Difference
In visualization, there are tools, templates, and defaults, which are meant to be copied and reused. Then there are data graphics that are designed with a specific purpose and dataset, which are something more than a certain chart type.