NASA’s Center for Near Earth Object Studies tracks large objects, such as asteroids,…
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Objects in space headed towards Earth
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Football field to show population change in the UK
The Office for National Statistics for the UK published an interactive to show…
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Using Absolute vs. Relative Scales
The key is assigning an appropriate amount of weight, statistically and visually, for comparisons that make sense.
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Behind the million
Sergio Peçanha and Yan Wu, for The Washington Post, used a combination unit…
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Scale of one million deaths
The United States is about to reach one million confirmed Covid deaths, or…
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Scale of atoms
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Comparing rich people incomes and the taxes they pay
Based on leaked IRS data for the 400 wealthiest Americans, ProPublica provides a…
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Jeff Bezos wealth to scale
Jeff Bezos’ wealth is difficult to understand conceptually, because the scale is just…
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Total refugees from Ukraine, compared to other countries
Millions of Ukrainians (over three million as of this writing) have left their…
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Scale of Ukrainian cities
When you look inside the cities around the world, you will often find…
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Scale of the Tonga eruption
Manas Sharma and Simon Scarr used satellite imagery to show the scale of…
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Scale of the bigger, more detailed universe
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Powers of Ten
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Scale of black holes
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Scale of ocean depths
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Commuting calculator
Sergio Peçanha and Yan Wu for The Washington Post made a calculator that…
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Using rates for more relatable Covid-19 numbers
With millions of Covid-19 deaths worldwide, and hundreds of thousands in the US,…
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Scale of a mouse plague
There’s a mouse plague in Australia right now. The words alone don’t express…
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Coping with the big numbers
Connie Jin, who works for NPR and updates a Covid-19 dashboard, talks about…
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Compare the scale of any area in the world
Riffing on the Ever Given Ever Ywhere, which lets you place the Ever…