For The Washington Post, Nitasha Tiku, Kevin Schaul and Szu Yu Chen demonstrate…
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Demonstration of bias in AI-generated images
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Gaza Strip size compared to U.S. cities
One of the most straightforward ways to help others better understand the scale…
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Where the clouds are the highest
Cloud formation depends on temperature and moisture levels, so in places of high…
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Tree rings to compare life expectancy in your state
The Washington Post goes with a tree ring metaphor to compare life expectancy…
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Evolution of beer
Beer dates back thousands of centuries, but it was not the beer we…
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Evolution of Lego brick colors
Lego started with five brick colors: red, yellow, blue, white, and clear. The…
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Looking for the best pizza for different styles in different places
Locating the best pizza depends on where you are and what kind of…
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Using cold lake water to cool buildings
There are buildings in Toronto, Canada that make use of a deep lake…
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Comparing home run in distance different stadiums
In Major League Baseball, a player hits a home run when the ball…
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Increasing alcohol-related deaths
Alcohol consumption, based on ethanol volume estimates, has been rising over the past…
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Fonts primer
The Washington Post provides an introduction to fonts with mini-quizzes and straightforward examples.…
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Competitive hot dog eating requirements
Nathan’s Famous hot dog eating contest, so gross to watch but impossible to…
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A year of flight paths, for someone with an unlimited pass
United Airlines sold a lifetime unlimited pass in 1990 for $290,000. Tom Stuker…
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Using gaps in location data to track illegal fishing
Speaking of non-location in the seas, researchers at the University of California at…
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See if you are middle class
What counts as middle class depends on who and where you’re asking. Even…
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Map of donut federations
In a fun one by Alyssa Fowers, for The Washington Post’s Department of…
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More hiring, because more quitting
This is a good example of things are not quite what they seem…
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Swipe left or right to cut the national debt
Cutting the national debt is a complex process that involves a lot more…
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How much AI will affect your job
Research by Edward W. Felten, Manav Raj, and Robert Seamans provides estimates for…
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Mapping where trees will grow
As the climate changes, the places that different types of trees will grow…