The Upshot has a detailed, chart-filled summary of the shrinking middle class, categorized…
Nathan Yau
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Shrinking middle class
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Vaccination rate and measles outbreak simulation
You’ve probably heard about herd immunity by now. Vaccinations help the individual and…
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Compare Worst and Best Commutes in America
See who has it worse off and better than you.
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Where and why men outnumber women
There are an estimated 60 million more men than women on this planet,…
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Interactive: When Do Americans Leave For Work?
We don’t all start our work days at the same time, despite what morning rush hour might have you think.
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Transposing embroidery to music
In Soundweaving, Zsanett Szirmay used embroidery as a score to feed into a…
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Conflicting views: Public versus scientists
Pew Research Center released a report that compares the public and scientists’ views…
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Your street name across the country
Here’s a fun searchable map from the New York Times. Enter a street’s…
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Flowchart: Should you vaccinate your child?
Yes. Yes. Yes. Yes. Yes. Yes. Yes. Yes. Yes. Yes. Yes. Yes. Yes.…
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Chances that a drug treatment helps
It’s a common belief that if someone has a medical condition, a patient…
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State Rorschach
Stare at boundary lines long enough, and you’ll start to see weird things too.
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Questionable fumble statistics for Deflate-Gate
A data-centric look at New England Patriots fumble rates at home made the…
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Mapping ice layers with radar data
I don’t know exactly how much data NASA has in the bank, but…
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A century of National Geographic maps
Celebrating the 100th year of the National Geographic cartographic department, they provide a…
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Fibonacci sculptures fake movement
John Edmark made some pretty things.…
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Snow depth by dogs
For the US east coasters and their pets.…
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Choropleth Maps and Shapefiles in R
Fill those empty polygons with color, based on shapefile or external data.
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Sexual insecurities found in Google search results
Seth Stephens-Davidowitz continues with his Google search data-related op-eds for the New York…
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Metrocard purchasing workflows compared
The process to purchase a MetroCard for the New York Subway is different…
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The dots are people
The simple analysis is to approach data blind, as machine output. But this…