This week is about small things adding up to big things.
Nathan Yau
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Accumulating data
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Approval ratings vs. high gas prices
For the New York Times, Ruth Igielnik and Katherine Chui charted presidential approval…
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Space journey to scale
Artemis II launches today, scheduled for 6:24 pm EDT. Die Zeit mapped the…
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A worst-case scenario in a country without vaccines
Researchers at Stanford University, epidemiologists Mathew Kiang and Nathan Lo, estimated the number…
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Artemis II flight sequence
For Bloomberg, Loren Grush, Sana Pashankar, and Stephanie Davidson describe the Artemis II…
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Flying to the moon on Artemis II mission
Four astronauts are rocketing to the moon on April 1. They’ll spend 10…
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Shadow fleet transporting oil
A so-called shadow fleet of tankers transport oil illicitly around the world. They…
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Everyday ripples from the Iran war
The world’s reliance on gas and oil means the war in Iran affects…
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Why rural hospitals close
A large portion of rural hospitals operate at a loss, which causes problems…
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How long Americans work the same job
It seems like people don’t stick with the same job for as long as they used to, but maybe that’s not the case.
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Visualization tools, data, and resources — March 2026 roundup
Here is what happened in March.
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Typical flow of oil and gas through the Strait of Hormuz
For the New York Times, Lazaro Gamio, Blacki Migliozzi, and River Akira Davis…
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Infertility path from the perspective of mother and child
Getting pregnant and having a child is typically described as an effortless process…
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Oil imports from the Middle East, by country
Lazaro Gamio and Josh Holder for the New York Times break down energy…
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Cheap drones allowing war with volume
Unmanned and relatively cheap drones that can be manufactured in high volume have…
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Immigrant mothers separated from U.S. citizen children
Along with more arrests, the current administration has deported mothers at twice the…
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Cities with most ICE arrests
For the New York Times, Albert Sun, Allison McCann, and Hamed Aleaziz obtained…
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Gas price jump feels like a lot because it is
For NYT’s the Upshot, Francesca Paris gives context to the recent spike in…
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History of landscape features
From xkcd, a map sketch of why the landscape is what it is…
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Mapping the unmapped Google Maps city
In most places, property lines stop at the street, but in North Oaks,…




















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