Visualization

Showing the stories in data through statistics, design, aesthetics, and code.

Mapping words to parts of the brain

Using functional magnetic resonance imaging, researchers monitored brain activity in seven people while…

Change in the British diet, since 1974

From the Open Data Institute, an interactive looking at diet data made available…

Global shipping in a narrated interactive map

We’ve seen maps for global shipping routes before, but this project — Ship…

Slavery in the United States, by decade

Mapping slavery from a historical perspective is a challenge, because many old maps…

Here’s how a neural network works

Daniel Smilkov and Shan Carter at Google put together this interactive learner for…

“Well that escalated quickly.”

This is the trend line from Google Trends for “Well that escalated quickly.”…

School district spending per student

NPR is running a series on spending and school districts and all its…

Interconnectedness of the galaxies

A group of researchers are studying how all the galaxies in the universe…

Titanic sinking in real-time

Visualization of time is usually about compression so that you can see more…

Stephen Curry 3-point record ridiculousness

Stephen Curry made 402 three-pointers this regular season, which is ridiculous. Gregor Aisch…

Every Kobe Bryant shot charted

In celebration of Kobe Bryant’s final game, the Los Angeles Times charted all…

Virus trading cards

Eleanor Lutz made some trading cards — for viruses. To make the 3D…

Balance the Trump and Cruz tax plans

The tax plans of Ted Cruz and Donald Trump might seem fine if…

Rising death rates for white women

Overall life expectancy continues to increase, but looking at it from the other…

US surveillance flight paths for the FBI and Homeland Security

Peter Aldhous and Charles Seife dug into flight path data, specifically looking for…

A visual recreation of the Porsche driving experience

This is beautiful work by digital art and design studio onformative. They recreate…

Flyover Country app tells you about the ground beneath as you fly

Before your next flight, road trip, or hike, download the Flyover Country app…

Changing river path seen through satellite images

Sedimentary geologist Zoltan Sylvester downloaded Landsat data using Earth Explorer and strung together…