Nathan Yau

Quantum mechanics of greenhouse gases

Infographics / climate change, global warming, Quanta Magazine

For Quanta Magazine, Joseph Howlett and Mark Belan explain the mechanics of how…
Sonification of the everyday through music

Data Art / life, Matthew Wilcock, music, sonification

You can find rhythms and patterns when you look closely at the activities…
Map of H-1B visa holders at research institutions

Maps / H-1B, research, Xylom

Most of the H-1B attention has been on companies, but many visa holders…
More wildfire smoke, pollution, and days

Statistical Visualization / pollution, smoke, Washington Post, wildfire

The wildfires keep coming, and the smoke pollution keeps filling the air. It…
Visual story about getting scammed into scamming

Infographics / comic, illustration, Reuters, scam

This is quite a visual story from Reuters. In a comic format, they…
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Visualization Tools, Datasets, and Learning Resources – September 2025 Roundup

The Process / roundup

Here are tools you can use, datasets to poke at, and resources to learn from.
Analysis of AI companion usage

Artificial Intelligence / MIT Media Lab, Reddit, relationships

Researchers from the MIT Media Lab studied posts to r/MyBoyfriendIsAI on Reddit. While…
LLM “hallucinations” are mathematically impossible to avoid

Artificial Intelligence / Computerworld, error, OpenAI, uncertainty

From Gyana Swain for Computerworld on how “hallucinations” a.k.a. computer errors are inevitable…
ChatGPT causing relationship issues

Artificial Intelligence / ChatGPT, divorce, Futurism, relationships

For Futurism, Maggie Harrison Dupré highlights the role of ChatGPT between divorced couples.…
Inconsistent women’s clothing sizes across brands

Infographics / clothes, sizes, Straits Times, women

Women’s clothing sizes aren’t the same across brands. The Straits Times collected measurements,…
Trust and transparency in government data

Statistics / David Wessel, economy, government, PolicyViz, trust, uncertainty

Speaking of the BLS, economist David Wessel joins Jonathan Schwabish on the PolicyViz…
Fired BLS chief on how the day happened

Statistics / Bloomberg, Bureau of Labor Statistics, Erika McEntarfer, firing

Erika McEntarfer, the former chief for the Bureau of Labor Statistics made her…
Helicopter paths show circling and hovering in Washington, D.C.

Maps / flight, helicopter, Washington Post

The Washington Post algorithmically identified circling flight paths for helicopters over Washington, D.C.,…
Bird migrations in a map explorer

Maps / Audubon, birds, migration

The Bird Migration Explorer shows bird migrations that you can explore. Each color…
Sorting data, the quiz game

Infographics / Dataguessr, David Bauer, game, sorting

Speaking of data games, Dataguessr by David Bauer is a sorting game that…
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Real bits, part 2

The Process / abstract, reality

This week, we highlight more literal representations of data, because in the end, it’s the only thing that separates us from the artificial.
Chartle, a daily guessing game with charts

Statistical Visualization / Adnaan Jiwa, Chartle, Erwan Rivault, game, Wordle

Chartle, by Erwan Rivault and Adnaan Jiwa, is a game to test and/or…
Getting more difficult to find a job

Statistical Visualization / layoffs, unemployment, Washington Post, work

For the Washington Post, Taylor Telford, Jaclyn Peiser, and Federica Cocco report on…
Explaining the true size of Africa, a lesson in map projections

Maps / Africa, Mercator, projections, Reuters

For Reuters, Mariano Zafra and Sudev Kiyada highlight the true size of Africa…
What people use ChatGPT for

Artificial Intelligence / ChatGPT, usage

OpenAI released a study of how people are using their chatbot.
Patterns of…

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