Recently published in Nature, research by Chetty, R., Jackson, M.O., Kuchler, T. et…
Nathan Yau
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More friendships between rich and poor might mean less poverty
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Most notable person, everywhere in the world
Who is the most famous person born in the place you live? This…
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Mapping how far you can travel by train in five hours, from any European station
This European travel map by Benjamin Td shows how far you can travel…
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Odds of winning the big Mega Millions prize
With tonight’s Mega Millions jackpot estimated at $1.28 billion, you might be wondering…
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Data visualization(-ish) in the style of famous artists
DALL-E is an AI system from OpenAI that creates images from text. You…
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Visualization Tools and Learning Resources, July 2022 Roundup
Here’s the good stuff for July.
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Housing displacement after disasters
Christopher Flavelle, for The New York Times, reported on the lack of support…
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RStudio changes name to Posit
RStudio, the company behind the IDE of the same name, are changing their…
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Revisiting data science, the career
In 2012, Thomas Davenport and DJ Patil outlined a budding career choice called…
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Pizza Exchange Rate
This is a story about pizza, geometry, and making sure you get what you paid for.
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Florence Nightingale’s use of data visualization to persuade in the 19th century
For Scientific American, RJ Andrews looks back at the visualization work of Florence…
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A plea to stop climate change from the guy who makes maps
For Washington Post Opinion, a struggling mapmaker makes a plea to stop climate…
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Visualizing Delaunay Triangulation
Delaunay triangulations have applications in computer graphics, spatial analysis, and visualization. They “maximize…
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Ambiguous Units of Measurement
It’s better to err on the side of obvious than leave things ambiguous.
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Timelines for record temperatures
Speaking of the heat wave in Europe, Pierre Breteau for Le Monde charted…
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Melting popsicles to visualize a heat wave
Many European countries are experience record high temperatures, so The Washington Post used…
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Database of feathers
There’s a database of feathers called Featherbase, because of course there is:
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Rhythm in plant cells
Researchers are studying the electrical rhythms in plant cells. I’m not sure what…
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Country-wide housing shortage
Emily Badger and Eve Washington for NYT’s The Upshot show how the housing…
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Period trackers and legal implications
Given the current restrictions in the U.S., Kendra Albert, Maggie Delano, and Emma…