Nathan Yau

List of NOAA datasets to be discontinued

Data Sources / government, NOAA, takedown

If you use NOAA data, now seems like a good time to download…
Snake (the game) on a globe

Maps / Engaging Data, game, Snake

The goal of Snake is to direct a snake towards food, and each…
Kurt Vonnegut, Shape of Stories illustrated with charts

Infographics / humor, Kurt Vonnegut, storytelling

New to me, a couple decades ago, author Kurt Vonnegut delivered a lecture…
American Crying

Data Underload / crying

People cry for different reasons and some tend to cry more than others. What makes people cry the most?
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Breaking Out of Chart Software Defaults

The Process / default, editing, highlight

Defaults are good for quick and disposable charts. However, when the audience extends beyond yourself, it’s time to customize around purpose.
Asymmetric Monstrosity map projection

Maps / Daniel Huffman, projections

Part amusement and part learning exercise, the “asymmetric monstrosity” by Daniel Huffman is…
Sharp flip in probabilities of parties winning Canada election

Statistical Visualization / Canada, CBC, election, probability

Since early 2024, polls showed near certainty that Conservatives in Canada were going…
Reach of a deadly wildfire in South Korea

Maps / Reuters, satellite imagery, South Korea, wildfire

South Korea experienced its largest and most deadly wildfire last month in Uiseong…
DOGE possibly extracted data from National Labor Relations Board, whistleblower discloses

Data Sharing / DOGE, government, NLRB, NPR, privacy

DOGE engineers were at the NLRB for a week but didn’t specify what…
Decline in European travelers to U.S.

Statistical Visualization / Europe, Financial Times, tourism

These charts will shock you I am sure. Travel to the United States…
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Line Chart with Decorative Neon Accents

Tutorials / ggplot, R

We do it because things that glow in the dark are awesome, including line charts.
Most difficult holes at Augusta

Statistical Visualization / golf, Reuters

The 12th hole at Augusta National Golf Club, where the Masters is held,…
Viral outbreak simulations

Infographics / measles, simulation, Upshot

To demonstrate outbreak possibilities of, say, the measles, Aatish Bhatia and Francesca Paris,…
When measles infects an unvaccinated child, illustrated

Infographics / measles, New York Times, vaccination

If you are not vaccinated against measles, you will most likely catch it…
Alex Ovechkin’s spot on the ice and shot preference

Infographics / Alex Ovechkin, Athletic, hockey, sports

Alex Ovechkin passed Wayne Gretzky’s all-time goals record with number 895. For The…
NYC subway map updated with a diagrammatic style

Maps / New York, subway

The Metropolitan Transportation Authority in New York is rolling out an updated subway…
IRS agrees to send immigrant tax data to ICE

Data Sharing / Associated Press, ethics, government, immigration, IRS

For Associated Press, Fatima Hussein reports:
The acting commissioner of the Internal Revenue…
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Zooming Out For Clarity

The Process / perspective, scale

With data, we can zoom out. Gather context, get the big picture, and filter out the noise.
Anime.js, a JavaScript animation engine

Coding / animation, JavaScript, Julian Garnier

New to me, Anime.js by Julian Garnier seems like a fun library to…
Stock Market Recovery Time, a Long-Term Perspective

Data Underload / long-term, stock market

Households are seeing the value of their savings decrease significantly over a short period of time. Now seems like a good time to take the long-term point of view.

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