Using science fiction films as a proxy for what we see in our…
Nathan Yau
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Shifts in post-apocalyptic worlds in science fiction films
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How to Use a Slider to Let Readers Customize Charts
A simple user-controlled slider can help readers look at a dataset from their own point of view.
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Changing Difficulty of Getting Into Your College, Past Two Decades
It’s gotten more difficult to get into top colleges over the years, but most schools have either admitted students at the same rate or increased admission rates since 2001.
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Famine prevalence in different countries
Reuters explores famine around the world through the lens of starving children in…
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Genealogy of technology and power from the 1500s to present
Kate Crawford and Vladan Joler created a comprehensive view in Calculating Empires.
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Splitting the Map
To make space for your map on a small screen, maybe just cut the map in half.
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Designing EV sounds
Vox explains the process of designing artificial car sounds for electric vehicles to…
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1,300 allegations against New Hampshire Youth Development Center
In a collaboration between NHPR and the Pudding, Jason Moon and Russell Samora…
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College Admission Rates for U.S. Schools Compared
See how your college’s selectivity ranks against the rest.
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Accuracy of temperature forecasts where you live
You’ve probably noticed that the weather forecast can change a lot for predictions…
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UK party gains and winners
Speaking of Conservatives losing, Andre Tartar and Demetrios Pogkas for Bloomberg show the…
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Conservatives lose UK election by a lot
For the New York Times, Josh Holder and Lauren Leatherby show how the…
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Visually navigate code as stars and galaxies
Andrei Kashcha visualized major software packages as galaxies that you can fly through.…
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Seeing the world after Google Streetview
Trevor Rainbolt is really good at geolocating a place given a single frame…
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FlowingData at 17
Last week marked 17 years running this small corner of the internet on…
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Shrinking down to the size of an atom
In a different take on showing the scale of very tiny things, Epic…
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Age differences between world leaders and the populations they serve
The ages of American presidential candidates are old when compared to the ages…
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Estimating Covid deaths
It’s impossible to know the exact number of Covid deaths worldwide, because consistent…
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Visualization Tools and Learning Resources, June 2024 Roundup
Here is the good stuff for the month.
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Searching for the hardest and easiest Spelling Bee puzzels
Christopher Wolfram explains his “unnecessarily detailed analysis” of the spelling game from the…