Nathan Yau

The Mendocino Complex Fire, now the largest in California ever, continues to burn.…

Map-making is a tricky business with many variables to consider that can directly…

A gray piece of paper moves along a gradient. You won’t believe your…

The Padma River in Bangladesh is constantly shifting its 75-mile path. Joshua Stevens…

The camera on the slightly creepy arm takes a picture of the pages…

Wherever more attention or the appearance of it equates to more money, there…

Sometimes the visualization takes care of itself. Photographer Tim Whittaker filmed sheepdogs herding…

Popular summer songs have had a bubbly, generic feel to them the past…

The New York Times published an election map. A lot of people did not like the map, arguing that it was an inaccurate representation. Those who did like the map argued that one must consider intent before throwing a map to the flames.

What happens when intended use and actual use do not match up?

We usually visualize data on computers, because it’s where the data exists and…

There are many mistakes you can make when you first get into visualization.…

From xkcd, a blockbuster idea right here.…

Levees are intended to prevent flooding in the areas they are built, but…

Genetic algorithms are inspired by natural selection, where the system is given a…

Apple’s value passed $1 trillion on Thursday, and as tradition requires, we must…

NPR used video from a thermographic camera to explain why cities tend to…

Welcome to the new members-only newsletter: The Process. In this first update, a certain data graphics expert seems to really dislike R, which prompts a look into the visualization tools we use and what one might get out of a bigger toolbox.

I’m happy to introduce an in-depth, process-focused newsletter for FlowingData members. It’s called…

As the field grows and needs develop throughout companies, specialization in data science…

Oliver Roeder for FiveThirtyEight:
FiveThirtyEight has obtained nearly 3 million tweets from accounts…