It’s an unpleasant feeling when you have an idea for a project and…
Nathan Yau
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Practical tips for scraping data
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Star Trek character network
Star Trek fans rejoice. Mollie Pettit from Datascope Analytics visualized the interactions between…
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An interactive look at handwriting recognition from 1960s
In the 1960s, the RAND corporation developed a handwriting recognition system using, well,…
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Small percentage of Americans actually picked Clinton and Trump
Alicia Parlapiano and Adam Pearce for the New York Times elegantly show a…
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One-year time-lapse of Earth
Time-lapse from space by NASA:
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Continental drift, from 240 million years ago to present
Researchers modeled continental drift, going back 240 million years ago, on the scale…
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What That Election Probability Means
You’re going to see probability values mentioned a lot these next few months. Many people will misinterpret. But not you.
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Camera really adds tens pounds
Photographic evidence.
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Searchable campaign finance data from the FEC
Every four years, campaign finance data from the Federal Election Commission peeks its…
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Grid map shows shifting states
You’re likely familiar with the state grid map form used these days. Instead…
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Guide to spotting data BS
As we delve deeper into election season, politicians will spit out more and…
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Ride on the VR time series roller coaster
Speaking of virtual reality visualization, this Nasdaq roller coaster by Roger Kenny and…
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Virtual reality map to show Google Trends
More of an experiment, this VR map, by the Google Trends Lab in…
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Grace Hopper explains a nanosecond with a visual aid
A nanosecond is a billionth of a second, but we’re not very good…
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Most Common Family Types in America
Nuclear is still the most common, but there are millions of households in the United States with a different family structure.
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Piecing together satellite images
You might think piecing together satellite imagery is a straightforward task of lining…
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Charting all the Pokemon
Pokemon is everywhere these days. I think it’s just something the world really…
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How to Make Square Pie Charts in R
Instead of traditional pie charts that rely on angles and arc lengths to show parts of a whole, try this easier-to-read version.
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Square pie chart beats out the rest in perception study
Many hate pie charts. Others love them. I think they’re useful but have…
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Gun deaths
As an introduction to a series on gun deaths in America, FiveThirtyEight uses…
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