Nathan Yau

Human brain size compared to animals’

Statistical Visualization / animals, brain

Mosaic provides a simple comparison of brain size in a handful of animals…
Pac-Man ghost algorithms

Statistics / Pac-Man

The ghosts in Pac-Man have different personalities represented by their search technique. For…
Job gains and losses over time

Infographics / jobs, Wall Street Journal

Andrew Van Dam and Renee Lightner for the Wall Street Journal provide a…
Vaccination rates for every kindergarten in California →

Maps / New York Times, vaccination

The New York Times mapped the vaccination rate for every kindergarten in California.…
Professor ratings by gender and discipline

Statistical Visualization / education, gender

Based on about 14 million reviews on RateMyProfessor, this tool by Ben Schmidt…
Baking units demystified

Infographics / units

A handy chart by Andrew M.H. Alexander. Treemap conversion from one gallon, down…
Shrinking middle class

Statistical Visualization / income, middle class, Upshot

The Upshot has a detailed, chart-filled summary of the shrinking middle class, categorized…
Vaccination rate and measles outbreak simulation

Infographics / Guardian, measles, simulation, vaccination

You’ve probably heard about herd immunity by now. Vaccinations help the individual and…
Compare Worst and Best Commutes in America

Data Underload / commute

See who has it worse off and better than you.
Where and why men outnumber women

Statistical Visualization / gender, World Bank

There are an estimated 60 million more men than women on this planet,…
Interactive: When Do Americans Leave For Work?

Data Underload / commute, work

We don’t all start our work days at the same time, despite what morning rush hour might have you think.
Transposing embroidery to music

Data Art / embroidery, music

In Soundweaving, Zsanett Szirmay used embroidery as a score to feed into a…
Conflicting views: Public versus scientists

Statistics / Pew Research, public opinion, science

Pew Research Center released a report that compares the public and scientists’ views…
Your street name across the country

Maps / New York Times, streets

Here’s a fun searchable map from the New York Times. Enter a street’s…
Flowchart: Should you vaccinate your child?

Miscellaneous / flowchart, vaccination

Yes. Yes. Yes. Yes. Yes. Yes. Yes. Yes. Yes. Yes. Yes. Yes. Yes.…
Chances that a drug treatment helps

Infographics / drugs, health, Upshot

It’s a common belief that if someone has a medical condition, a patient…
State Rorschach

Data Underload / kidding

Stare at boundary lines long enough, and you’ll start to see weird things too.
Questionable fumble statistics for Deflate-Gate

Mistaken Data / football, Patriots, sports

A data-centric look at New England Patriots fumble rates at home made the…
Mapping ice layers with radar data

Maps / ice, NASA, weather

I don’t know exactly how much data NASA has in the bank, but…
A century of National Geographic maps

Maps / history, National Geographic

Celebrating the 100th year of the National Geographic cartographic department, they provide a…

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