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Hospitalization rates for the unvaccinated

Overall, Covid-19 cases and hospitalizations are down in the United States, but much…

Four types of people who prevent full vaccination

The United States vaccination rate was rolling for a while there, but it…

How perception can save lives

Visualization and perception researcher Lace Padilla was on the kid-centric show Mission Unstoppale…

Most common professional marriages

Susie Neilson for the San Francisco Chronicle compared the marriage of professions in…

Watercolor Maptiles by Stamen are now part of the Smithsonian’s permanent collection

In 2012, Stamen Design released watercolor map tiles based on OpenStreetMap data. It…

Coping with the big numbers

Connie Jin, who works for NPR and updates a Covid-19 dashboard, talks about…

Transform an image into a pixel-ly visual

Here’s a fun interactive by Duc-Quang Nguyen. Upload an image and get back…

Historical shifts in where people live

The places in the United States with the highest populations weren’t always like…

Climate normals mapped over time

Every decade the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration releases climate normals to provide…

Map of people moving during pandemic

It was only a matter of time before someone showed dots moving across…

Information Graphic Visionaries, a book series

The Information Graphic Visionaries book series just launched on Kickstarter. Emma Willard, Florence…

Rankings for YouTube video greetings

If you’ve watched even just a few videos on YouTube, you probably noticed…

Varying demographics within the Asian American population

We often hear about the Asian American community as one big group of…

All the art in the Oval Office

The President of the United States chooses the art for the Oval Office,…

Bird song sonographs show distinct drawing patterns

These sonographs of bird song, in contrast to the sounds from traditional instruments,…

See if you live in a political bubble

Gus Wezerek, Ryan D. Enos, and Jacob Brown for NYT Opinion use neighborhood-level…

Stephen Curry’s record-setting month for shooting threes

Steph Curry has been on a tear as of late. In April he…

Climate change and uncertainty

In his new data-driven documentary, Neil Halloran digs into the uncertainty attached to…