Visualization

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

Explorable explanation for signal detection theory

When you have a lot of noisy data, it can be helpful to…

Scale of flying animals

A straightforward lineup of animals that fly provide a sense of scale, from…

Age and getting enough sleep

Reuters dug in to the science of sleep and how paying attention to…

Areas still controlled by Ukraine

For The New York Times, Josh Holder and Marco Hernandez show the areas…

Science behind California rains

It rained a lot more than usual this winter in California. Diana Leonard…

Declining vacation time from work

Despite available vacation days, it appears that American workers are taking less and…

Congress still getting older

For FiveThirtyEight, Geoffrey Skelley digs into the ongoing trend: What’s behind these increasingly…

Changing Fed projections

This clever chart by Lazaro Gamio shows changing interest rates set by the…

Data Visualization State of the Industry, 2022

The 2022 results from the State of the Industry survey, run by the…

Physics of a bicycle visually explained

Riding a bicycle is a seemingly simple activity that we never forget how…

World water gap

We tend to use more water than is available in the world, which…

Mapping where Taylor Swift performs on stage during a show

Taylor Swift is currently on tour. During a show, she sings 44 songs…

Words used in layoff letters

Tech layoffs continue, and as companies deliver more letters, there are some repeated…

Visual explainer on what an AR-15 does to the human body

This is necessarily uncomfortable to go through, but for The Washington Post, N.…

UC admission rates for California public and private high schools

For the San Francisco Chronicle, Nami Sumida shows admission rates at University of…

Among cities with the same name, which one people are probably talking about given their location

Throughout the United States, there are a surprising number of cities that have…

Online dating, who filters out what

With online dating apps, you’re able to filter out potential matches based on…

Deforestation and increased risk of outbreaks

For ProPublica, Al Shaw, Irena Hwang, and Caroline Chen explain the increased risk…