For dumb reasons, there are people in power who like to put down…
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American ancestry map
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Least ethical NBA championships
Throughout NBA basketball history, there are many what-ifs and fan-forced asterisks for championships…
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LeBron James longevity in minutes played
Fun stacked area chart by Todd Whitehead for Sportradar, showing the share of…
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Near impossibility of storing carbon dioxide pollution underground
Oil companies have funded research for decades to figure out how to store…
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Best times to visit national parks for less crowd and better weather
National parks are increasingly crowded, which kind of detracts from the peaceful wilderness…
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Interpolated time-lapse of Aurora Australis, from space
Seán Doran stringed together time-lapse photos from the International Space Station and interpolated…
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Automated data to charts to insights
This week, a framework of AI agents enter the game to automate all the steps of data to charts to insight. We’re not cooked, yet.
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Burning Money candle
Dries Depoorter makes the “burning money” metaphor more literal with a tick-marked candle…
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R creators awarded $1 million prize
The R Core Team was awarded the biennial Rousseeuw Prize for Statistics, which…
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American pride declines to 25-year record low
Gallup has been surveying U.S. adults about American pride since 2001. The question:…
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Administration orders for less detailed census data
The administration ordered a ban on methods that allow statistical agencies to publish…
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Phones stand in for earthquake sensors in Venezuela
Venezuela does not have a government-operated earthquake alert system. However, Google runs a…
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Two centuries of planning Washington
Monuments and buildings in Washington were planned and placed over a couple centuries…
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Ridiculous trillionaire scales
I missed these illustrations by Mona Chalabi showing the ridiculous scale of one…
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Climate.us, successor to Climate.gov, launches to the public
The administration closed Climate.gov last year during the takedowns, so a group formed…
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Visualization tools, resources, and datasets — June 2026 roundup
This is what happened in June.
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Simulations show what happens when a car and a truck hit a person
Trucks getting bigger means visibility declines and crashes become more deadly, which is…
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How synthesizers work, a visual guide
Shri Khalpada, for PerThirtySix, breaks down musical sounds into math to illustrate how…
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Less than half of U.S. adults have access to quality healthcare
A recent Gallup poll shows less than half of U.S. adults say they…
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Fake Polymarket winnings
If you’re in the right pocket demographic of a short-form video algorithm, you…


















Visualize This: The FlowingData Guide to Design, Visualization, and Statistics (2nd Edition)
