Nathan Yau

There are over 5,000 subreddits with plenty of overlap and similarities. Randy Olson…

Visualization continues to mature and focus more on the data it represents than on novel designs and size. Let’s have a look back.

Airports conjure thoughts of security, bag checks, and cramped spaces, and flights are…

The New York Times explored state gun bills since Newtown.
In the 12…

Most people know the layout of their neighborhoods and some are good with…

Text can be a great source of data, but it can be a…

Fathom Information Design watched all six Rocky movies, classified segments into dialogue, training,…

Fathom Information Design, in collaboration with the Knight Foundation and Quid, visualized the…

Just for kicks, Jimmy Chen plotted artists on a subjective arrogance-vs-genius scale. Above…

Ekisto, by visual artist Alex Dragulescu, is an experiment in visualizing online communities…

Based largely on satellite data and the results of an airborne data collection…

A video from the International Geosphere-Biosphere Programme explains global warming and projected changes…

FlightAware is a live flight tracker that lets you look up a flight…

The holiday season came out of nowhere this year. Everyone put their lights…

A recently divorced woman is using her personal data — phone logs, emails,…

Looking for a job in data science, visualization, or statistics? There are openings…

For the downtime post-turkey. James Trimble stuck the top 200 reddits of all…

Using the effective jellybean method, Ze Frank describes the finite time we have.…

Andrew Filer mapped the reach of public radio stations in the United Stations,…