Nathan Yau

Chess piece moving patterns

Maps / chess

Million Base is a database of 2.2 million chess games. Steve Tung visualized…
From European cities, how long it takes to travel elsewhere

Maps / isochrone, transportation

After seeing an isochrone map drawn by Francis Galton, Peter Kerpedjiev was curious…
Why the subway isn’t getting a move on already

Infographics / subway, transportation

You’re headed to the subway platform and you hear a train coming. The…
Size of Minecraft

Infographics / game, Minecraft, Wired

I tried playing Minecraft a couple of times but quickly lost interest. Clearly…
Science formally retracts LaCour paper

Mistaken Data / fake data, retraction

Last week, graduate student Michael J. LaCour was in the news for allegedly…
Compare your curve to reality for income versus college attendance

Statistical Visualization / education, income, Upshot

Those who grow up in poorer families are less likely to go to…
Homicide Monitor shows distribution of violence worldwide

Maps / globe, homicide

It’s difficult to grasp the severity of homicide around the world. Homicide Monitor…
Interactive documentary connects World War II data to the events

Infographics / documentary, World War II

Millions of peopled died during World War II, but it’s difficult to grasp…
Why buses bunch at single stops

Infographics / bus, simulation, transportation

Maybe you’ve waited at a bus stop for longer than usual, and your…
Statistics PhD ranked as best graduate degree

Statistics / PhD, rankings

I usually don’t read much into job and degree rankings. The criteria are…
Every NBA team rated over several decades

Visualization / basketball, FiveThirtyEight

Which NBA basketball team is the greatest ever? Instead of a circular debate…
How far Frodo and Sam walked compared to real geography

Maps / humor, Lord of the Rings

If you read the books or watched the movies, you get the sense…
Rise of data art

Data Art / Atlantic, rise

Data art is on the rise. Jacoba Urist for the Atlantic gets into…
Power of the reveal

Infographics / Hannah Fairfield, lunch talk

Hannah Fairfield, who does graphics at the New York Times, talks about using…
Testing broken computer colors

Design / color

Computers can calculate an infinite number of colors, but our brains can only…
Graduate student makes up data for fake findings

Mistaken Data / fake data, retraction

Last month, This American Life ran a story about research that asked if…
Brewing Multivariate Beer

Projects / beer, physical

I was toying around with the idea of multivariate beer, where the ingredients varied by county demographics. Could I taste the difference? Here’s how the experiment went.
Satellite time-lapse shows changes on the ground

Maps / satellite, time-lapse

Since the 1970s, NASA has used satellites to take pictures of the Earth’s…
Time-lapse using photos online

Statistics / time-lapse

Think of time-lapse photography, and you imagine someone sets up a camera in…
Running through digital particles

Data Art / Kinect, movement, Nike

Force of Nature by FIELD is a running installation commissioned by Nike. It…

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