Millions of peopled died during World War II, but it’s difficult to grasp…
Infographics
Telling stories with data and graphics.
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Interactive documentary connects World War II data to the events
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Why buses bunch at single stops
Maybe you’ve waited at a bus stop for longer than usual, and your…
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Power of the reveal
Hannah Fairfield, who does graphics at the New York Times, talks about using…
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The big companies behind organic food brands
When you walk down the aisles of the grocery store, there are probably…
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Median home in America, over 40 years
The median home in America has changed in a variety of ways. Square…
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Earthquake magnitude and the logarithmic scale
The earthquake in Nepal was big, but there’s a discrepancy in just how…
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Recurring characters in film and the words used to describe them
Stereotropes, made by the Bocoup Data Visualization Team, explores the many tropes in…
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Color timeline for Avengers comic book covers
The Avengers comic has been around since 1963 and the look and feel…
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LEGO explainer: Taxes and income inequality
LEGOs make everything better. David Wessel for Brookings Institution explains how federal taxes…
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A tall graphic to show Mt. Everest scale
Mt. Everest is a tall mountain. How tall is it?? Glad you asked.…
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Cocktail construction chart
Remember that engineer’s guide to drinks a while back? I think this one…
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Every Game of Thrones death
I hear there’s a show called “Game of Thrones” on the T.V., where…
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Rickrolling pie chart
From Finger Magazine a few years back, in the heyday of rickrolling and…
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A beard scale for baseball
There are a lot of beards and other types of facial hair in…
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Traffic gridlock simulation
I hate all things commute- and traffic-related, and it’s probably why I like…
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Equality for women and girls, 20-year report
In their continued work on the No Ceilings project, Fathom describes the current…
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Find the fastest flight between airports
Flight arrival and departure times are often thought of in terms of “on…
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Health data breaches and fines
Sisi Wei and Charles Ornstein for ProPublica highlight reported data breaches to the…