Infographics

Telling stories with data and graphics.

Real-time speed of light from Earth to Mars

Hurry up, light. We’re gonna be late: By James O’Donoghue, the animation shows…

Government shutdown, other industries provided for scale

As the shutdown continues, 800,000 government workers wait for something to happen. The…

Border wall progress chart

Denise Lu for The New York Times provides a quick overview of the…

Kernel density estimation explainer

Matthew Conlen provides a short explainer of how kernel density estimation works. Nifty.…

Top NBA player by zone

Kirk Goldsberry is back at ESPN. I put this here mainly because it’s…

Modern reproduction of 1847 geometry books

Euclid’s Elements is a series of 13 books produced in 300 BC that…

Falling ticket prices for longer flights

Based on data from Expedia, this is an interesting one from The Economist.…

Same facts but different stories, an illustration

Multiple people can look at the same dataset and come out the other…

Years of life lost due to breathing bad air

Researchers at the University of Chicago’s Energy Policy Institute estimated the number of…

Color distribution in campaign logos

In news graphics, blue typically represents Democrat and red represents Republican. However, the…

Inflated counts for cleared rape cases

Newsy, Reveal and ProPublica look into rape cases in the U.S. and law…

How a meme grew into a campaign slogan

A meme that cried “jobs not mobs” began modestly, but a couple of…

Faces of diverse midterms

As one might expect, many women, people of color, and L.G.B.T. candidates are…

Bugs that live on you, in AR

I really like what The New York Times has been doing with augmented…

Interactive comic to remember things better

In a time we commit less to memory and rely more on technology…

Visualizing science

Jen Christiansen spoke about her extensive experience as a graphics editor for Scientific…

News homepage design overview

As you click through the news, you can probably almost always figure out…

Timeline of Earth

Here’s a fun piece by Andy Bergmann that shows the timeline of Earth.…