Visualization
Showing the stories in data through statistics, design, aesthetics, and code.
Earthquake magnitude and the logarithmic scale
The earthquake in Nepal was big, but there’s a discrepancy in just how…
Fashion trends seen through Google searches
Fashion trends, such as skinny jeans and Palazzo pants, can spike and fall…
Disaster risk indices estimate impact on people
An earthquake with a magnitude of 7.8 can affect countries differently, depending on…
Quick change of mind on social issues
As Supreme Court hearings for same-sex marriage start today, Alex Tribou and Keith…
Recurring characters in film and the words used to describe them
Stereotropes, made by the Bocoup Data Visualization Team, explores the many tropes in…
Why exploring big data is hard
The talks from OpenVisConf 2015 went up, so I’m slowly making my way…
Emptied reservoirs in California
Winter is over and it’s shorts weather these days in California. This is…
Color timeline for Avengers comic book covers
The Avengers comic has been around since 1963 and the look and feel…
Wealth inequality explained in charts
Wealth inequality is a real thing that is complex and a result of…
Life cycle of Earth’s carbon dioxide
The Cartography and Geovisualization Group at Oregon State University and NASA visualized a…
Speedy crossword solvers
Oliver Roeder for FiveThirtyEight covered this year’s American Crossword Puzzle Tournament and the…
xkcd: U.S. of movie backgrounds
xkcd sectioned the United States by the background in movies. Because xkcd.…
Really slow speed of light
The “speed of light” typically means “really fast” but when it’s relative to…
Married couple tax bonuses and penalties
Using calculations by Nick Kasprak from the Center on Budget and Policy Priorities…
LEGO explainer: Taxes and income inequality
LEGOs make everything better. David Wessel for Brookings Institution explains how federal taxes…
A tall graphic to show Mt. Everest scale
Mt. Everest is a tall mountain. How tall is it?? Glad you asked.…
Color use in paintings, by year
Martin Bellander saw some projects that extracted color from movie posters and trailers,…
Cocktail construction chart
Remember that engineer’s guide to drinks a while back? I think this one…
