In Pieces by designer Bryan James is an animated piece that uses simple…
Nathan Yau
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Endangered species depicted with geometric pieces
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Getting bees to construct geographic maps
In an exploration of the connection between humans an nature, artist Ren Ri…
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Browser extension shows where you really are on the web
The Citizen Ex browser extension guesses where you’re geographically located on the web.…
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Growth of Las Vegas metro and skyline
Western cities are growing but water supplies are decreasing. That’s not good. ProPublica,…
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Counting people killed by police
The US government doesn’t keep a complete record of fatal shootings by police,…
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WikidataR →
An API client for the ‘Wikidata’ store of semantic data.
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Chess piece moving patterns
Million Base is a database of 2.2 million chess games. Steve Tung visualized…
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From European cities, how long it takes to travel elsewhere
After seeing an isochrone map drawn by Francis Galton, Peter Kerpedjiev was curious…
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Why the subway isn’t getting a move on already
You’re headed to the subway platform and you hear a train coming. The…
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Size of Minecraft
I tried playing Minecraft a couple of times but quickly lost interest. Clearly…
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Science formally retracts LaCour paper
Last week, graduate student Michael J. LaCour was in the news for allegedly…
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Compare your curve to reality for income versus college attendance
Those who grow up in poorer families are less likely to go to…
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Homicide Monitor shows distribution of violence worldwide
It’s difficult to grasp the severity of homicide around the world. Homicide Monitor…
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Interactive documentary connects World War II data to the events
Millions of peopled died during World War II, but it’s difficult to grasp…
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Why buses bunch at single stops
Maybe you’ve waited at a bus stop for longer than usual, and your…
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Statistics PhD ranked as best graduate degree
I usually don’t read much into job and degree rankings. The criteria are…
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Every NBA team rated over several decades
Which NBA basketball team is the greatest ever? Instead of a circular debate…
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How far Frodo and Sam walked compared to real geography
If you read the books or watched the movies, you get the sense…
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Rise of data art
Data art is on the rise. Jacoba Urist for the Atlantic gets into…
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Power of the reveal
Hannah Fairfield, who does graphics at the New York Times, talks about using…