Visualization

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

Apple’s global suppliers

Most of Apple’s suppliers and manufacturing happen outside the United States and in…

Infinity abstractions

Infinity is an abstraction of endlessness, which seems to suggest that it cannot…

Explorable explanation for matrix transformations

Instead of using a bunch of equations to memorize, Yi Zhe Ang visually…

Using cold lake water to cool buildings

There are buildings in Toronto, Canada that make use of a deep lake…

Passenger planes flying too close

Sometimes passenger planes get a little too close to each other on takeoff…

xkcd: Pairwise matrix of what to do in an emergency

xkcd has an informative reference for what do in case of mountain lion…

Visual breakdowns of iconic hip-hop samples

Hip-hop music producers often sample from previous works. They remake, restructure, and repurpose…

Hip-hop’s influence on the English language

For The New York Times, Miles Marshall Lewis highlights the etymology of five…

Shifting towards more hot days, fewer cold days

It keeps getting hotter around the world. Not every single day. But over…

Cultural Midwest, not technically

The U.S. Census Bureau defines the Midwest as the region of twelve states…

Map of Lahaina buildings destroyed in wildfire

Most of the Maui town Lahaina was destroyed by wildfire. The Wall Street…

Losing ice in the Antarctic

In this chart from The Economist that shows ice extent from 1972 up…

Greenhouse gas from wasting food at home

Almost half of wasted food comes from homes, and almost half of that…

Rarity of songwriters who are women for popular songs

It’s common to see singers who are women, but the people who write…

Taylor Swift pop charts

Taylor Swift has been filling up stadiums across the United States and will…

Hot surfaces, stored energy

In hot places, the ground can heat to higher temperatures than the air,…

Comparing home run in distance different stadiums

In Major League Baseball, a player hits a home run when the ball…

Racing amateurs against Tour de France cyclists

It takes strength and dedication to race in the Tour de France. It’s…