Nathan Yau

Dating back to 1800s, made in 2005 [via]

Using DNA as a storage device, Harvard researchers managed to store one million…

Using OpenStreetMap tasking manager to recruit volunteers to help map expanding area

For the past ten years, researchers have been tagging hump back whales in…

NYT graphics having some fun with this one; maybe overcomplicated for some

Rethinking the pixel

Not out yet, but could be a fun one when it does

Process for finding the right sound just for a few seconds of audio

James Cheshire, a geography lecturer at the University College London, mapped common surnames…

“every ‘on the ball’ event for every Premier League player in every match from the entire 2011-12 Premier League season”

Statisticians should have these installed already

Automate the drudge work for an analysis project in R

Detailed article if you want to learn to analyze words

We’ve seen a lot of network charts for Twitter, Facebook, and real people.…

SAS clinging on as free and often better alternatives take marketshare [via]

Open source Mechanical Turk application by Twitter engineering that lets you easily submit data for review

Along the same lines as Jessica Hagy’s indexed charts, Coolness Graphed charts only…

Converts a CSV file into JSON or GeoJSON [via]

It’s not geographically accurate, but it wasn’t meant to be

Data Stories has Stefanie Posavec on as guest; she makes intricate pieces without code