Visualization

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

How your taxes will change

I’m pretty sure this is all that most people want to know. The…

Rumsey Collection with a data visualization subject tag

The David Rumsey Map Collection, known for its many browsable historical maps, now…

Multivariate map collection

I heard you like maps. Jim Vallandingham put together a collection of maps…

Disney-Fox market share

Disney is set to buy 21st Century Fox for $52.4 billion. I honestly…

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

[arve url=”https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DBkzCCfrQXE” /] 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…