Nathan Yau

Want a free copy of R Cookbook by Paul Teetor? You’re in luck,…

From the Doghouse Diaries. Smart dog. My cat on the other hand, still…

Ever since seeing the Facebook friendship map and later, the map of scientific…

On the announcement of Osama Bin Laden’s death, there was a mixed reaction…

On the one-year anniversary of the Deepwater Horizon oil spill, designer Chris Harmon…

In this article from Science from July 1998, award-winning journalist John Banville on…

Lisa Strausfeld, in collaboration with GE, compares perceived country rankings and actual ones.…

As I listened to my young neighbors run around the parking lot chanting,…

I can’t believe it’s already May. This year is whizzing by. During these…

Thanks for yet another very enjoyable chapter. If I had known statistics would…

I almost never post about projects that aren’t released yet, but the previews…

Women’s clothing sizes have always confused me. My wife always has to try…

R can be confusing when you’re first starting out, especially when you don’t…

Recommendation site Hunch is another one of those applications that knows a ton…

For online publications, it’s useful to know how people share links to articles…

On January 11, 2002 the first detainees arrived at Guantánamo. On January 22,…

Sunlight Foundation displays some key government numbers with Easter candy, because as you…

In the most recent media push for Charity: Water, a video of motion…

Similar discussions going on in the cartography branch among UW Madison geography folks.…