Visualization

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

Data portraits of population

To make India’s census documents more accessible to the public in the 1970s,…

History of mapping the Moon

For most of history, maps of the Moon were based only on the…

Visual guide to Iran’s coastline and islands at the Strait of Hormuz

For Al Jazeera, Mohamed A. Hussein and Mohammed Haddad provide a map of…

Days that Trump spends at his own properties

Trump spends a lot of time at his own hotels and golf clubs.…

Visual guide for Infinite Jest

Infinite Jest by David Foster Wallace was published 30 years ago. To commemorate,…

Where leaves are emerging and flowers are blooming

It’s that time of year again when we hear about how the plants…

Artemis II tracker, to know if the space toilet is working

NASA makes a lot of live data available about the Artemis II mission.…

Gas prices map, by county

Gas prices are high across the U.S., more so in some places than…

First images from Artemis II astronauts

The first downlinked images were published by NASA. The best view of Earth’s…

Ballroom design, many notes

After demolishing the East Wing of the White House and rushing into construction…

Approval ratings vs. high gas prices

For the New York Times, Ruth Igielnik and Katherine Chui charted presidential approval…

Space journey to scale

Artemis II launches today, scheduled for 6:24 pm EDT. Die Zeit mapped the…

A worst-case scenario in a country without vaccines

Researchers at Stanford University, epidemiologists Mathew Kiang and Nathan Lo, estimated the number…

Artemis II flight sequence

For Bloomberg, Loren Grush, Sana Pashankar, and Stephanie Davidson describe the Artemis II…

Flying to the moon on Artemis II mission

Four astronauts are rocketing to the moon on April 1. They’ll spend 10…

Shadow fleet transporting oil

A so-called shadow fleet of tankers transport oil illicitly around the world. They…

Everyday ripples from the Iran war

The world’s reliance on gas and oil means the war in Iran affects…

Why rural hospitals close

A large portion of rural hospitals operate at a loss, which causes problems…