Nathan Yau

xkcd continues to answer the important questions.…

Iran is starting to deploy mines in the Strait of Hormuz. For the…

You’re probably familiar with the song “Africa” by Toto. This version, by There…

There was a total lunar eclipse on March 3, 2026. From Michala Garrison…

This week is about fake charts and keeping ourselves in the feedback loop.

After backlash over their tool that pretends to provide expert editing advice, Grammarly…

Upon finding out that Grammarly uses AI-generated editing, supposedly driven by real authors,…

School children were killed in the poorly informed attack. The New York Times…

Shri Khalpada, as a technologist and musician, thinks through his mixed feelings for…

We are approaching a point (or we’re here already) where generated output is…

Pokemon is in its 30th year of existence. The Straits Times visualized the…

To everyone’s surprise, that people definitely did not see coming, fake satellite images…

By Nadieh Bremer with Emily Barone, this is a charming piece on the…

Reuters Graphics has a feed of maps and charts for updates on Iran.…

In 2017, researchers asked study participants via MTurk to list three happy moments…

ProPublica has been collecting thousands of disclosure documents, and they made a searchable…

This week is about animating data to better show insights and to keep randos engaged on the internets.

The New York Times mapped the traffic difference at the Strait of Hormuz,…

Normally there is a steady flow of ships through the strait, but when…