In the department of comparing large numbers to objects and situations that are…
Infographics
Telling stories with data and graphics.
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Most cited research papers →
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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…
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How search works
Google explained the process of a web search with a scrolling infographic. Might…
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Powers of Ten, Derek Jeter style
You’ve likely seen the classic Powers of Ten video from 1977. It starts…
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Extinctions and animal species at risk
Data journalist Anna Flagg for ProPublica reported on animal species at higher risk…
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Dinosaurs versus airplane
Scientists found the fossils of a giant dinosaur that they estimate was 26…
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Style over function for redesigned choking posters
In many parts of the country, the departments of health require that eating…
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Race distributions of police departments versus residents →
When you compare distributions of race for police departments and for the residents…