Visualization
Showing the stories in data through statistics, design, aesthetics, and code.
Spectrogram shows dialup modem handshake sounds
Presented mostly for my fond memories as a grade schooler, with a fresh…
Global forest change
Hansen, Potapov, Moore, Hancher et al. produced high-resolution maps of global forestry to…
Bourbon family tree
Colin Spoelman for GQ illustrated an educated guess of the bourbon family tree.…
Why traffic waves and congestion happen
You’re on the freeway, traffic is moving along, and for no apparent reason…
Estimated coastlines if the ice melted
National Geographic imagined new coastlines (and the cities that would go under) if…
Six decades of U.S. migration
We know that millions of Americans move to different counties every year, and…
Beauty of mathematics
Betrand Russell: “Mathematics, rightly viewed, possesses not only truth, but supreme beauty —…
Evolution of western dance music
A quick animated look on the evolution of western dance music, a mixture…
Most popular girl names by state
Reuben Fischer-Baum looks at the most popular girl names by state, over the…
Regional personality
Peter J. Rentfrow, et al. studied personality clusters across states using data from…
Super duper full-featured paper map
Check out this awesome new thing called MAP. It’s made of 100% sustainable…
Average man graphic renderings
James Hamblin for The Atlantic rendered the average American man based on BMI…
Maritime traffic in the Baltic Sea, animated
Digital artist Lauri Vanhala animated a day of maritime traffic in the Baltic…