Visualization
Showing the stories in data through statistics, design, aesthetics, and code.
Analytics for U.S. government websites
With the announcement of free Covid-19 tests through the United States Postal Service,…
Global ripple effect from underwater volcano
An underwater volcano erupted about 40 miles off the coast of the main…
A visual and audio tour of sound at Nap Nap Swamp
When I think swamp noise, I imagine a blob of sound that’s some…
Congressmen who enslaved people
Using old Census records and documents, Julie Zauzmer Weil, Adrian Blanco and Leo…
New shopping search patterns from the pandemic
Schema Design, Google Trends, and Axios collaborated on The New Normal, looking at…
All-time temperature records broken in 2021
Using data from NOAA, Krishna Karra and Tim Wallace for The New York…
Settling all the internet debates in one go with a bunch of polling
The internet was once this fun place where people had goofy debates about…
Play miniature golf, learn about congressional redistricting
Congressional redistricting and gerrymandering are important topics, because they can directly change election…
Scale of the bigger, more detailed universe
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We’ve learned more about the universe since Charles and Ray…
Powers of Ten
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The Powers of Ten by Charles and Ray Eames from…
Spiral graph to show Covid-19 cases
This spiralized chart by Gus Wezerek and Sara Chodosh for NYT Opinion has…
Four decades of oceanic wave moments, as a surfing game
Surf is a data-based game by Andy Bergmann that lets you move across…
Scale of black holes
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I’m not sure there’s any way to really understand the…
Drop rain anywhere in the world and see where it ends up
One of my favorites of the year, Sam Learner’s River Runner shows you…
False positives with prenatal tests for rare conditions
Sarah Kliff and Aatish Bhatia for NYT’s The Upshot look at the uncertainty…
Best Data Visualization Projects of 2021
I looked back and picked my favorite projects for 2021. It was a long year.
David Rumsey Map Center, cataloging historical works
The David Rumsey Map Center at Stanford houses hundreds of thousands of maps…
Covid-19 mortality before and after vaccine eligibility
Denise Lu and Albert Sun for The New York Times show the shifts…
