Visualization

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

What makes the Olympic athletes great

Rather than a focus on the events and their details, the New York…

Games to test your skillz against Olympians, from your computer

The last couple of Olympics, news graphics desks went with gloriously detailed explainers…

Star Trek character network

Star Trek fans rejoice. Mollie Pettit from Datascope Analytics visualized the interactions between…

An interactive look at handwriting recognition from 1960s

In the 1960s, the RAND corporation developed a handwriting recognition system using, well,…

Small percentage of Americans actually picked Clinton and Trump

Alicia Parlapiano and Adam Pearce for the New York Times elegantly show a…

One-year time-lapse of Earth

Time-lapse from space by NASA: On July 20, 2015, NASA released to the…

Continental drift, from 240 million years ago to present

Researchers modeled continental drift, going back 240 million years ago, on the scale…

Camera really adds tens pounds

Photographic evidence.

Grid map shows shifting states

You’re likely familiar with the state grid map form used these days. Instead…

Ride on the VR time series roller coaster

Speaking of virtual reality visualization, this Nasdaq roller coaster by Roger Kenny and…

Virtual reality map to show Google Trends

More of an experiment, this VR map, by the Google Trends Lab in…

Grace Hopper explains a nanosecond with a visual aid

A nanosecond is a billionth of a second, but we’re not very good…

Piecing together satellite images

You might think piecing together satellite imagery is a straightforward task of lining…

Square pie chart beats out the rest in perception study

Many hate pie charts. Others love them. I think they’re useful but have…

Gun deaths

As an introduction to a series on gun deaths in America, FiveThirtyEight uses…

Cross-country road trip at a constant 70 degrees

Road trips are fun, but it can be hard to enjoy yourself when…

History lesson on data visualization

Clive Thompson for Smithsonian Magazine gives a quick history lesson on infographics. [D]ata…

One year as a Data Scientist at Stack Overflow

Detailed description of what it’s like for someone with a stat-heavy background.…