Nathan Yau

Science of the tennis toss

Infographics / New York Times, tennis, toss

To serve the ball in tennis, a player first tosses the ball in…
Gerrymandering detection with simulations

Infographics / gerrymandering, simulation, Washington Post

Harry Stevens, for The Washington Post, how simulations can be used to detect…
Where memes from the past decade came from

Statistical Visualization / Know Your Meme, meme

Know Your Meme analyzed a decade of meme data to see where the…
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Play With Your Data

The Process / fun, play

Time for less work and more play.
Where We Find Meaning in the Everyday

Data Underload / meaning, time use, well-being

Meaningfulness scores from the American Time Use Survey provide a hint of what we value.
Splitting the US population evenly, with arbitrary shapes

Maps / Engaging Data, population

By Engaging Data, this interactive map shows various splits of the United States…
China’s possible blockade around Taiwan

Maps / blockade, China, New York Times, Taiwan

It appears China wants to impose a blockade around Taiwan with ships, submarines,…
Losses and comebacks of Serena Williams

Infographics / Serena Williams, tennis, Washington Post

We tend to celebrate the wins in sports and often forget about or…
Big diagram of metabolic pathways

Network Visualization / biochemistry, metabolism

The contents of this diagram is not in my scope, but it is…
Where restaurant chains dominate

Maps / chains, Clio Andris, restaurant, Xioafan Liang

Researchers Xiaofan Liang and Clio Andris estimated the percentage of restaurants that are…
Introduction to Probability for Data Science, a free book

Statistics / book, probability, Stanley Chan

Introduction to Probability for Data Science is a free-to-download book by Purdue statistics…
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Visualization Tools and Learning Resources, August 2022 Roundup

The Process / roundup

Here’s the good stuff for August.
Meteorologist delighted by surprise map interaction

Maps / interaction, weather

Meteorologist Greg Dutra was delivering the daily weather news for ABC Chicago and…
Network for Marvel Cinematic Universe

Network Visualization / Marvel, Tristan Guillevin

With a fun view of the Marvel Cinematic Universe, Tristan Guillevin walks through…
Incomplete crime data

Data Sharing / FBI, Marshall Project, report

When the FBI switched to a new data collection system, which relies on…
Welcome to Meltsville

Infographics / climate, heat, Washington Post

It’s getting hot in cities around the world, each city with its own…
Megaflood scenario

Infographics / California, climate, New York Times, rain, storm

Highlighting research by Xingying Huang and Daniel L. Swain, who studied “plausible worst…
Breaking down the higher price on a restaurant receipt

Infographics / inflation, New York Times, receipt, restaurant

If you’ve eaten at a restaurant lately, you might have noticed a substantially…
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Visualization for One

The Process / audience, generic, specificity

Communicate to fewer people to reach more.
Worst drought in Europe, in 500 years

Maps / climate, Dominic Royé, drought, Europe

Dominic Royé mapped river discharge in Europe over the past few months:

A…

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