China blocks sites from its citizens. We know this. But, what do they…
Infographics
Telling stories with data and graphics.
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News that China blocks
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Understanding segregation with a simulation
In 1971, Nobel laureate economist Thomas Schelling proposed that a desire to have…
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Why you feel bloated after holiday meals →
Because that’s what happens when you eat ten full plates of turkey and…
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English versus Chinese color descriptors
Color exists on a continuous spectrum, but we bin them with names and…
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Planets as fruit to show scale
I still don’t understand the relative size of planets. The universe is too…
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Basketball shot
Todd Lindeman and Lazaro Gamio for the Washington Post explored shooting patterns for…
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Most cited research papers →
In the department of comparing large numbers to objects and situations that are…
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Relative size of astronomy stuff
Look! More size of very big things with large numbers, compared against things…
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Halloween costume rankings
Accompanying their segment on Halloween stores stocking costumes, NPR ranks bestsellers for the…
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Visual summary of skateboarding tournament
George Murphy visualized the results of this year’s skateboarding tournament Battle at the…
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F1 racing winners and age
So here’s a sport I don’t see or hear much about. F1 racing,…
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Your life on Earth
The BBC has a fun piece that shows changes over your lifetime. Enter…
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A healthy versus unhealthy office environment
In an interesting use of the before-and-after slider, this Washington Post graphic by…
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Ebola spreading, a simulation
As a way to understand the deadliness and spread of Ebola, the Washington…
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Skateboard physics
Aatish Bhatia, a recent physics PhD, describes the forces involved to do a…
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Interracial and same-sex marriage parallels
xkcd doing what xkcd does. Randall Munroe charts a brief timeline of interracial…
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Big chicken
From Vox and research from Zuidhof et al., chickens are quite big these…
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No Ceilings highlights progress towards gender equality
No Ceilings: The Full Participation Project, an initiative from the Clinton Foundation, aims…