Visualization

Showing the stories in data through statistics, design, aesthetics, and code.

Visual guide to airfoils

Bartosz Ciechanowski is at it again with an in-depth explainer that makes heavy…

Mile-by-mile map along the path of totality

On April 8, 2024, the moon is going to completely block the sun…

Maps in the wild

For the New York Times, Eve Kahn describes the use of maps outside…

Racial bias in OpenAI GPT resume rankings

AI is finding its way into the HR workflow to sift through resumes.…

Diversity in college admissions without considering race

For NYT’s The Upshot, Aatish Bhatia and Emily Badger model how colleges might…

Defining the greatest albums of all time

Rolling Stone published a list in 2003 that ranked the 500 greatest albums…

Mapping the crops with the most potential in a changing climate

The climate is changing, which means some crops will fair better or worse…

Analysis of when movies use their own names in the dialogue

A title drop is when a movie mentions its own name during the…

Tiny chip manufacturing, visually explained

Microchips have gotten tiny. Like smaller than a red blood cell tiny. Financial…

Where to see the total eclipse

There’s a total eclipse (a real one, not of the heart) happening on…

If we didn’t have leap years

For CNN, Amy O’Kruk and Kenneth Uzquiano asked what would happen if we…

Rock map of Scotland

Harry Jefferies shared his grandfather’s 30-year project: My grandpa who is 85 started…

Algorithmic road trip to visit a street named after each day of the year

Ben Ashforth set out to visit a street named after a day of…

Interactive LED basketball court

During the 2024 NBA All-Star weekend, the basketball court was essentially a giant…

Map of most common domesticated animals

Based on data from the USDA Census of Agriculture, this map by John…

Rise of Caitlin Clark, scoring machine

Caitlin Clark, a basketball guard for the University of Iowa, has been steadily…

Diva-ness of national anthem renditions

You’ve probably heard various renditions of The Star-Spangled Banner, and sometimes singers put…

Consumer confidence in current economic conditions

For NYT Opinion, Nate Silver compares consumer confidence between two surveys. The University…