As the climate changes, the places that different types of trees will grow…
Nathan Yau
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Mapping where trees will grow
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Demonstrating how large language models work
You might’ve heard about large language models lately. They’re the “brains” behind recent…
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Chart Practice
Split it up into small pieces and then aim for depth.
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Quantum computing visual explainer
Quantum computing promises a higher level of processing power over current computers, but…
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When you cross hydropower and a battery
Mira Rojanasakul and Max Bearak for The New York Times highlight the rise…
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Chart Challenge for a Day
My schedule doesn’t really fit with the daily-thing-for-thirty-days genre of challenges. So my genius idea was to compress a 30-day challenge into one day.
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Non-abstract Curry shot chart
Stephen Curry of the Golden State Warriors scored 50 points in game 7…
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Bed and Bath’s Beyond
Bed Bath & Beyond filed for bankruptcy, so Alex Leeds Matthews and Amy…
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Melting ice, global effects
Ice is melting at the poles, which makes it seem like a localized…
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Visualization Tools and Learning Resources – April 2023 Roundup
Here’s the good stuff for April.
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Switching to electric school buses
For Bloomberg, Zahra Hirji and Denise Lu on the electrification of the national…
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How little we save for retirement
Saving for retirement is a slow process with an end goal that can…
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FiveThirtyEight layoffs
Disney began more layoffs, and data-centric FiveThirtyEight, which is owned by Disney, was…
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Words used in cannabis business names
Daniel Wolfe for The Washington Post looked at the similar word choices across…
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India estimated to pass China in population
Based on the United Nations’ world population report, it is estimated that India’s…
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Income Sources
Most people have a job and receive wages in return, but that starts to change when you get into the higher income groups.
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Explaining More, Assuming Less
You know what they say about assumptions.
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An illustrated tour of the skies in an elevator
Neal Agarwal is up to his wonderful ridiculousness again. Imagining an elevator that…
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Scraping data without programming
Maybe you’ve wished you could quickly grab the data on a webpage and…
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Explorable explanation for signal detection theory
When you have a lot of noisy data, it can be helpful to…