Nathan Yau

Marrying Later, Staying Single Longer

Data Underload / marriage

Using a century of data, we watch the shift of marital status in the United States.
Detailed satellite view of iceberg break

Maps / iceberg, NASA

Using the thermal signature, NASA provides a detailed view of the break:
The…
Hidden oil patterns on bowling lanes

Infographics / bowling, sports, Vox

This explainer video by Vox on the oil patterns on bowling lanes was…
Look to the data collection

Statistics / collection

Mimi Onuoha on the importance of paying close attention to the data collection…
Iceberg scale, as described in different countries

Statistics / big numbers, climate change, environment, Quartz

A giant iceberg broke off from Antartica. Like, really big. Quartz collected the…
Peak times for leisure and sports

Statistical Visualization / Henrik Lindberg, time use

The American Time Use Survey asks people what they do during the day.…
Every solar eclipse in your lifetime

Maps / eclipse, Washington Post

The continental United States gets a total solar eclipse on August 21, so…
Infinite Twitter ad campaign, based on data profiles

Data Art / advertising, privacy, Twitter

As you probably know, Twitter (and all social media) collects data about you…
Summary Statistics Tell You Little About the Big Picture

Guides / median, summary

Mean, median, and mode. These are the first things you learn about in…
Test how well you can draw the states

Maps / sketches, states, time

Chris Wilson for Time has a fun piece up that tests how well…
Temperature simulation near the Earth’s core

Statistical Visualization / Earth, temperature

Researchers are building models to simulate the Earth’s core. From CNRS News:
Take…
Married People Have More Sex

Data Underload / marriage, sex

The relationship and dynamics change. Less lust, more companionship. Is that really how it works?
Empty bladder vs. full bladder

Data Art / body, Mona Chalabi

I always enjoy the data sketches that Mona Chalabi posts on Instagram. She…
Misleading Medicaid funding with the baseline

Mistaken Data / baseline, Medicaid

The administration tweeted a chart that shows the Senate Republican health care bill…
Australia as 100 people

Infographics / Australia, census

Opting for the force-directed clusters route, Catherine Hanrahan and Simon Elvery for ABC…
Trolling the uncertainty dial

Statistics / uncertainty

During the election last year, The New York Times ran an uncertainty dial…
Alone Time

Data Underload / alone, time use

It’s harder to make friends as you get older. There aren’t as many…
Parts of America that most resemble the future

Maps / census, demographics, Upshot

The Census Bureau released estimates for demographic breakdowns for each county — in…
When babies are born, the cycle

Infographics / birth

Movies would have you believe that birth is random and unpredictable. (And if…
Email Deletion Flowchart

Sketchbook / email

We all get a lot of emails, and there’s a large subset of…

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