Nathan Yau

Spacecraft orbits

Infographics / Jonathan Corum, New York Times, orbit, space

For The New York Times, Jonathan Corum illustrated the dozens of spacecraft orbiting…

If the unemployed lose $600 per week

Statistical Visualization / benefit, coronavirus, Ella Koeze, New York Times, scrollytelling, unemployment

A $600 per week benefit expires for the unemployed at the end of…

Defining ’90s music, based on song recognition

Statistical Visualization / music, Pudding

In search of songs that define music in the 1990s, Matt Daniels and…

Wearing masks and infection rate

Infographics / Connie Jin, coronavirus, mask, NPR

Studies suggest that wide adoption of masks can reduce the spread of the…

Comparing U.S. coronavirus case rates to other hot spots

Statistical Visualization / coronavirus, Lauren Letherby, New York Times, scale, scrollytelling

The numbers are high here in the United States, and at this point,…

Visualizing periodicity with animations

Design / animation, d3js, periodicity, Pierre Ripoll

Pierre Ripoll provides several ways to visualize periodicity using animation. Moving dots, rotating…

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Maybe They’re Just Not Good at Charts Yet (The Process 099)

The Process / Georgia, learning, misleading

This week, people were taking a closer look at the Georgia Department of Public Health’s Covid-19 status page (again), which led to an unnecessary pile-on.

Park sounds before and during the pandemic

Maps / coronavirus, machine learning, MIT Senseable City Lab, park, sound

With lockdown orders arounds the world, places that we’re allowed to go sound…

Remote work and industry

Statistical Visualization / coronavirus, remote, Reuters, Sarah Slobin, work

Some industries are more compatible with remote work than others. Jonathan I. Dingel…

Understanding Covid-19 statistics

Statistics / coronavirus, ProPublica, teaching, uncertainty

For ProPublica, Caroline Chen, with graphics by Ash Ngu, provides a guide on…

This Age is the New Age

Data Underload / age, Google, search

30 is the new 20. Wait. 40 is the new 20. No, scratch…

Unemployment for different groups

Statistical Visualization / coronavirus, Lena Groeger, ProPublica, unemployment

Unemployment has hit the United States hard over the past several months, for…

Words used to describe men and women’s bodies in literature

Infographics / body, Erin Davis, gender, Liana Sposto, literature, Pudding, words

Authors tend to focus on different body parts for men and women, and…

Where people are wearing masks

Maps / coronavirus, mask, Upshot

NYT’s The Upshot ran a survey through the data firm Dynata asking people…

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Automatic Visualization is Still Not Useful (The Process 098)

The Process / automation

There were rumblings this week about visualizing data automatically. Got a dataset? Plug it in to some software, and you’ve got that amazing visualization you’ve been looking for. Just like magic. That’s always the promise at least.

Bitcoin scam, Twitter hacked

Statistical Visualization / Bitcoin, hack, New York Times, Twitter

Twitter was hacked yesterday. Over a few hours, prominent accounts were tweeting that…

A million dollars vs. a billion visualized with a road trip

Data Art / money, road trip, scale, Tom Scott

A million dollars. A billion dollars. The latter is 1,000 times more than…

Cataloging All the Charts

Site News / catalog

If you’re interested in a specific chart type, you can now browse FlowingData…

Parenting and Work Schedule During the Pandemic

Chart Everything / coronavirus, parenting, time use

Working from home was an ideal that many strived for. For many, it still is, but for those with kids who have to learn from home, the schedule change is less than ideal.