Visualization

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

See wind data on Mars through tele-present wind

With the art installation tele-present wind, David Bowen displays data collected by NASA's Perseverance rover mission.

Federal programs under review

A spreadsheet of 2,600 grant and loan programs circulated to federal agencies, alongside…

Overrated NBA all-star votes

NBA all-star voting is mostly for the fans, which means some players can…

Cozy game about cozy games

Cozy games are casual games that give you a warm, fuzzy feeling when…

Fastest-growing and most destructive fires

Using satellite data, researchers analyzed the growth rate of 60,000 fires in the…

Astoria, not the single-parent capital of America

In Kindergarten Cop, one of Arnold Schwarzenegger’s greatest works, a mother welcomes the…

Private school demographics

Private schools cost extra. So as you might imagine, the demographics, often tied…

Tracker for freezing temperatures

The forecast for the contiguous United States this week is cold, and below…

Young and alone

John Burn-Murdoch, for Financial Times (paywalled), breaks down data from the American Time…

Where you would feel richer and poorer

New to me, Bloomberg has an interactive by Claire Ballentine and Charlie Wells…

Wildfire risk for buildings in Los Angeles

As we have learned in recent weeks, even when homes seem far away…

Expectations of adulthood as a child vs. actual adulthood

xkcd charted topics that seemed like they’d come up often with grown ups…

Imagining a multiparty system in the US

In the United States, a two-party system means that candidates, who are supposed…

Distribution of days that were hotter than average

BBC went with the gradient-filled frequency trails to show the distribution of daily…

Earth was hotter than ever, again

This is some good step charting by Mira Rojanasakul for the New York…

Fighting fire from the sky

For Reuters, Simon Scarr, Vijdan Mohammad Kawoosa, and Sudev Kiyada use flight data…

Visual guide to the wildfire damage

The Guardian provides a visual guide to the damage in Los Angeles with…

Phases of the Moon, visually explained

Bartosz Ciechanowski used his style of interactive essay, with many sliders, graphics, and…