Visualization
Showing the stories in data through statistics, design, aesthetics, and code.
Least ethical NBA championships
Throughout NBA basketball history, there are many what-ifs and fan-forced asterisks for championships…
LeBron James longevity in minutes played
Fun stacked area chart by Todd Whitehead for Sportradar, showing the share of…
Near impossibility of storing carbon dioxide pollution underground
Oil companies have funded research for decades to figure out how to store…
Best times to visit national parks for less crowd and better weather
National parks are increasingly crowded, which kind of detracts from the peaceful wilderness…
Interpolated time-lapse of Aurora Australis, from space
Seán Doran stringed together time-lapse photos from the International Space Station and interpolated…
Burning Money candle
Dries Depoorter makes the “burning money” metaphor more literal with a tick-marked candle…
American pride declines to 25-year record low
Gallup has been surveying U.S. adults about American pride since 2001. The question:…
Phones stand in for earthquake sensors in Venezuela
Venezuela does not have a government-operated earthquake alert system. However, Google runs a…
Two centuries of planning Washington
Monuments and buildings in Washington were planned and placed over a couple centuries…
Ridiculous trillionaire scales
I missed these illustrations by Mona Chalabi showing the ridiculous scale of one…
Climate.us, successor to Climate.gov, launches to the public
The administration closed Climate.gov last year during the takedowns, so a group formed…
Simulations show what happens when a car and a truck hit a person
Trucks getting bigger means visibility declines and crashes become more deadly, which is…
How synthesizers work, a visual guide
Shri Khalpada, for PerThirtySix, breaks down musical sounds into math to illustrate how…
Less than half of U.S. adults have access to quality healthcare
A recent Gallup poll shows less than half of U.S. adults say they…
Fake Polymarket winnings
If you’re in the right pocket demographic of a short-form video algorithm, you…
