Nathan Yau

There is a possibility the UK Census is scrapped for cheaper options next…

When we think about the age of cities, it’s common to think of…

In 1953, the BBC filmed a train ride from London to Brighton and…

For this rainy Labor Day, here’s an uplifting talk by DataKind founder Jake…

There are a lot of poorly conceived graphics that make little sense or…

Pro tip: When you Google “define <INSERT WORD HERE>” and open the information…

NPR digs into accessible playgrounds, because everyone should get to play.
Remember running…

Andrei Kolmogorov is a name unfamiliar to most, but his work had lasting…

In Kindred Britain, Nicholas Jenkins, Elijah Meeks and Scott Murray provide a visual…

Statistician (and brand new PhD student) Jerzy Wieczorek explains the usefulness of a…

Jan Willem Tulp, for this month’s Scientific American food issue, recreated the flavor…

Graham Roberts, a graphics and multimedia editor at The New York Times, is…

As China moves forward with a plan to move 250 million people to…

If my inbox has taught me anything, it’s that there are a lot…

Dan Keating and Darla Cameron for the Washington Post mapped commonly used languages…

From the David Rumsey map collection, the detailed map of San Francisco Chinatown…

The title says it all. Jonathon Green, a slang lexicographer, has two new…

Mathematician Hannah Fry is back with another video. She explains why it seems…