Visualization
Showing the stories in data through statistics, design, aesthetics, and code.
Multivariate map collection
I heard you like maps. Jim Vallandingham put together a collection of maps…
Tracking ballet dancer movements
Research group Euphrates experimented with lines and a ballet dancer’s movements in Ballet…
Alabama voter demographics
Democrat Doug Jones won in the senate race against Republican Roy More last…
Data visualization for analysis and understanding complex problems
Enrico Bertini, a professor at New York University, delves into the less flashy…
Simulation shows swirling of smoke, sea salt, and dust around the world
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NASA. Data. Good.
Tracking the aerosols carried on the winds…
Where students learn the most
Emily Badger and Kevin Quealy, reporting for the Upshot, highlights research from Sean…
Bomb contaminants where you live
Lena Groeger, Ryann Grochowski Jones and Abrahm Lustgarten, reporting for ProPublica with a…
High-detail landscape using lidar data
Lidar, which is like radar but with lasers instead of radio waves, can…
Stopping a nuclear missile fired at the US
I hate that this feels like something civilians should know. Bonnie Berkowitz and…
Tech generations, as seen through video source, music players, and internet access
In a fun piece by Reuben Fischer-Baum, reporting for The Washington Post:
In…
Middle-class tax cuts and increases from Senate bill
A lot of tax debate centers around the “average” American family, with focus…
Chart search popularity
Anna Vital, in collaboration with the Google News Lab, shows the search popularity…
Global cycling and running heatmap
A few years back, cycling and running app Strava mapped the paths of…
Every tax cut and increase in House Republicans’ bill
The House Republicans will vote on a tax bill soon that adds about…
How generative music works
Generative music comes from the design of a system that produces notes that…
3-D tube chart of global CO2 concentration and temperature
Because you can never have enough time series charts that show increases of…
Looking for patterns and structures from the sky
Photographer Bernhard Lang takes pictures in small planes and helicopters, pointing his camera…