In this chart from The Economist that shows ice extent from 1972 up…
Nathan Yau
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Losing ice in the Antarctic
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Greenhouse gas from wasting food at home
Almost half of wasted food comes from homes, and almost half of that…
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Rarity of songwriters who are women for popular songs
It’s common to see singers who are women, but the people who write…
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Finding a troll’s identity
A troll kept leaving comments on a woman’s TikTok videos, so she figured…
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Save recipes to your email
Yums, by Matthew Phillips, is a quick and simple way to save recipes…
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Directory of date-me docs
Instead of using dating apps, some have turned to the date-me doc, which…
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Range of Possible Answers, Maybe
In Statistics, analysis is more often about finding a range of possible answers than it is about finding a precise one.
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Honesty research likely faked data
Research by Dan Ariely and Francesca Gino suggested that people were more honest…
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Taylor Swift pop charts
Taylor Swift has been filling up stadiums across the United States and will…
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Hot surfaces, stored energy
In hot places, the ground can heat to higher temperatures than the air,…
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Comparing home run in distance different stadiums
In Major League Baseball, a player hits a home run when the ball…
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Barbie and Oppenheimer themes for charts in R
Matthew Jané made a small R package called Theme Park, which is meant…
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Visualization Tools and Learning Resources, July 2023 Roundup
This is the good stuff for July.
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Racing amateurs against Tour de France cyclists
It takes strength and dedication to race in the Tour de France. It’s…
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John Snow’s cholera map, an animated version
Sarah Bell made an animated version of John Snow’s classic map from 1854.…
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When is Dinner, by State
These are the states that eat dinner the earliest and latest, along with everyone else in between.
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Increasing alcohol-related deaths
Alcohol consumption, based on ethanol volume estimates, has been rising over the past…
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A race to find the best route to the Jersey Shore
To find the fastest route from Philadelphia to the Jersey Shore, The Philadelphia…
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Mundane Data Stories
A bunch of boring data points makes a pattern.
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Understanding the SVG path element, a visual guide
The SVG path element can be useful for drawing regular and irregular shapes.…