For The New York Times, Miles Marshall Lewis highlights the etymology of five…
Infographics
Telling stories with data and graphics.
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Hip-hop’s influence on the English language
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Greenhouse gas from wasting food at home
Almost half of wasted food comes from homes, and almost half of that…
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Rarity of songwriters who are women for popular songs
It’s common to see singers who are women, but the people who write…
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Taylor Swift pop charts
Taylor Swift has been filling up stadiums across the United States and will…
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Hot surfaces, stored energy
In hot places, the ground can heat to higher temperatures than the air,…
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Comparing home run in distance different stadiums
In Major League Baseball, a player hits a home run when the ball…
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Flowchart showing the splits, mergers, and acquisitions of the former Bell Telephone Company
Bell System’s monopoly broke up in 1984 leading to independent phone companies, which…
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Wimbledon grass patterns
This might surprise you, but the grass at the Wimbledon tennis tournament is…
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xkcd: Real estate analysis
xkcd provides the analysis we all need. I can’t believe Jupiter scored so…
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Competitive hot dog eating requirements
Nathan’s Famous hot dog eating contest, so gross to watch but impossible to…
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Noise and health
The New York Times explores how noise impacts health:
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Password game requires more ridiculous rules as you play
Password rules seem to get more strict and weird over time. Neal Agarwal…
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To make electric vehicle batteries, China must be involved
For The New York Times, Agnes Chang and Keith Bradsher ask if it’s…
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Objectiveness distributions
Putting this joke chart up for posterity, because it deserves it. The earliest…
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Generative AI exaggerates stereotypes
Perhaps to no one’s surprise, generative artificial intelligence models contain bias rooted in…
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NYC city council district voting guide
With New York 2023 elections coming up, The City and NY1 put together…
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A moving drumbeat, explained visually
When you first learn to play music, a lot of the instruction is…
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Rights at risk at the U.S. Supreme Court level
For ProPublica, Ian MacDougall and Sergio Hernandez evaluated records of sitting justices to…