Kirk Goldsberry plotted MVP winners in the NBA, by nationality. Shai Gilgeous-Alexander from…
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MVP honors dominated by international NBA players
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Map of an upside down world
While we’re on maps oriented in unfamiliar ways, Robert Simmon made an upside…
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Paying attention to when we kept on living
We usually think about mortality in terms of events that happened, because it’s…
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Sinking land in U.S. cities
Land is sinking, or subsiding, at a slow rate of millimeters per year.…
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Farmers sued the USDA over deleted data — and it worked
In February, farmers sued the U.S. Department of Agriculture for removing data related…
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Point of view of a professional card counter
Card counting is a method to keep track of the cards left in…
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Center the map on the country you want
Speaking of maps centered on specific countries, Engaging Data made an interactive map…
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Married by When
Because everyone who is 30 years and older loves getting asked when they’re going to settle down and get married.
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Step Chart, Enhanced
This week we look at the step chart and how to highlight specific patterns in the steps.
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World map with south on top and Brazil in center
The Brazilian Institute of Geography and Statistics (IBGE), Brazil’s agency for statistics and…
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Likelihood of dying on your birthday
The birthday effect is a statistical anomaly that shows higher likelihood of death…
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Millions could be affected by Social Security check delays
There are plans to reduce staffing at the Social Security Administration by 7,000…
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NOAA database for extreme weather disasters cancelled
The NOAA database, dubbed Billion-Dollar Weather and Climate Disasters, tracked events that exceeded…
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Data graphics off the screen
RJ Andrews held an exhibition of data graphics at 41 Cooper in New…
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Tariff timeline with China, so far
The U.S. and China put a semi-hold on tariffs for the next 90…
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Air quality monitoring suspended at national parks
It’s a temporary suspension, for now. For the Washington Post, Maxine Joselow reports:…
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National weather forecasting in jeopardy
For CNN, Andrew Freedman reports:
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Limited surveying of the deep sea, a tiny 0.001%
Researchers from the Ocean Discovery League estimated how little we know about the…
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Fancy hammer
Seth Godin on the importance of judgment:
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Time saved with AI creates more work elsewhere
Benj Edwards reporting for Ars Techinca:
In “Large Language Models, Small Labor Market…