Big tech — Amazon, Apple, Google, and Facebook — got big and then…
Infographics
Telling stories with data and graphics.
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How big tech grew by acquiring small tech
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Joy Generator
NPR put together a set of stories, videos, and interactives about bringing more…
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How the ultrarich use a Roth IRA to get more rich
ProPublica continues their analysis of an anonymous IRS tax records dump. In their…
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Passing restrictive voting bills
Bloomberg used a Sankey diagram to show the path of over a thousand…
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Welcome to heat dome
It’s hot here in the western United States, and it’s only mid-June. From…
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Measuring centuries-old droughts through tree rings
To measure drought in the present day, we use data from sensors that…
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Collapse of Mexico City Metro explained
The New York Times investigated the collapse of the Metro, which killed 26…
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xkcd: Base Rate
xkcd points out the importance of considering the baseline when making comparisons:…
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Scale of a mouse plague
There’s a mouse plague in Australia right now. The words alone don’t express…
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Rockhounding in California
Any outdoor activity sounds amazing at this point. Andrea Roberson and Casey Miller…
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Seeing how devices talk to each other
Your computer connects to your router, which connects to your modem. Your printer…
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Recreation of the neighborhood in the Tulsa race massacre
In 1921, hundreds were killed. The New York Times recreated the neighborhood, adding…
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Coping with the big numbers
Connie Jin, who works for NPR and updates a Covid-19 dashboard, talks about…
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Information Graphic Visionaries, a book series
The Information Graphic Visionaries book series just launched on Kickstarter. Emma Willard, Florence…
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All the art in the Oval Office
The President of the United States chooses the art for the Oval Office,…
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Climate change and uncertainty
In his new data-driven documentary, Neil Halloran digs into the uncertainty attached to…
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Visual deconstruction of popular songs
Nate Sloan and Charlie Harding, for NYT Opinion, look at how the structure…
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Particles on a plane
The CDC says it’s safe to travel now if you’re vaccinated, so you…