Nathan Yau

There’s something very strange about the anonymity of the Web that brings out…

Sudhir Venkatesh, a professor of sociology at Columbia University, along with his students,…

We’ve seen this sort of thing before, but it doesn’t ever seem to…

Television actors can make boat loads of money. Some more than others. Hugh…

It’s that time of year again. Obama recently released his 2012 budget proposal…

Tonight on Jeopardy, the first day of the IBM Watson challenge, Ken Jennings…

Pedro Cruz puts a twist on the traditional map approach to visualize traffic…

I got a chuckle out of this one. By Brandon Schaefer. Check out…

As we all know, the iPad has changed how many people interact with…

As you might expect, people who play sports video games tend to play…

OkCupid continues their analysis on the mysteries of the dating world, this time…

Jer Thorp, who has a knack for creating stuff that’s both useful and…

The sold out O’Reilly Strata conference was a success down in Santa Clara,…

People are getting fatter everywhere. You know this. But there’s nothing like the…

Designer Gregor Aisch has a look at energy usage in Europe. Click on…

I think we’ve all grown accustomed to this by now. Designer Nicholas Felton,…

Statisticians everywhere are squealing in delight over this story on fellow statistician Mohan…

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Designer Ibraheem Youssef iconifies the most viewed YouTube videos of all time. Do…