A series of graphics accompanied this article on Flint's water crisis. These graphics took pains to convey the statistical sampling that was being used to test Flint's water, and how seemingly...
Back in the 1970s, activist Jane Jacobs theorized urban vitality and found that there are four conditions required for the promotion of life in cities: diversity of land use, small block sizes,...
In partnership with Future Cities Catapult, After the Flood turned London's boroughs into a choropleth - or series of shaded cells - that can contain numerous types of data more effectively than a...
Newly released data shows the true extent of industrial fishing. More than 55 percent of the surface of the world’s oceans is fished, with China accounting for vastly more than any other country.
“I am sorry to say that with the importation of what will be tens of thousands of drones, by both U.S. military and by commercial interests, into U.S. airspace, with a specific mandate to engage in...
With climate change raising Arctic temperatures faster than the global average, wildfires are shifting poleward where the flames blaze through boreal forest and tundra and release vast amounts of...
Boar straying into urban areas has been a problem in many modern cities, the boar problem in Hong Kong refers to the increasing population of wild boars in urban areas. Rapid urbanization has...
DayDohViz is a "daily" inspiration project that experiments with physically visualizing data in 3D using a phone and Play-Doh. Yes, Play-Doh.
Creator Amy Cesal's subjects range from...
President Trump’s first real test on the ballot will come 20 months from now, when Republicans face voters at the midterm elections. But those Republicans have decisions to make today about whether...
In the early euphoria following the fall of the Berlin Wall in 1989, Germany moved quickly to erase the scars of its Cold War division. But East Germany’s legacy remains visible in...
100 Years of Rock is an ambitious visualisation that displays a century’s worth of musical history. Lasting 33 seconds, the automated scrolling animation leads you through the many evolving genres...
This visualization explores the story of Nobel prizes through years.
Visualized for each laureate are prize category, year the prize was awarded, and age of the recipient at the time, as well as...
This infographic is an experimental blend of movie box office data and artistic design. Its purpose is to serve as both an informative visual representation of statistics and a captivating poster....
This infographic explores the border crisis that the US experiences in the current violent climate of South American countries, and especially the plight of unaccompanied children trying to reach...
‘Visualizing Yemen's Invisible War’ is a multimedia special feature that explores the horrific consequences of US support for the Saudi-led intervention in Yemen, using first-hand accounts from...
Italy is the world leader in pasta production, producing more than 3,000,000 tons every year.
We are the most caloric country, indeed. What if pasta calories were converted in kilowatt per hour?...
Rising Sea Levels: When, Where, and Who?
By 2100, areas now home to 200 million people could fall permanently below the high tide line. 200 million.
Over the past 15 years, the global mean...
I’m the kind of person who binges on real-time charts during election nights, but not this voting season. My interest is waning because of a sense that political divisions have become deeper, less...
By creating and sending the data visualisations using analogue instead of digital means, dear-data is what artists have done for ages, which is sketch and try to capture the essence of the life...
Since 2006, the World Economic Forum (WEF) has published an annual Global Gender Gap Report. In these reports, WEF "quantifies the magnitude of gender disparities and tracks their progress over...
More than 100 heads of government and 40,000 other attendees are gathered to craft a global climate deal. It’s challenging work, made more complicated by the slew of alliances among...
By tallying who appears most often on playlists titled with the word “punk," we can learn how parts of culture perceive genres and the bands who represent them.
Baseball is a sport rooted in rules and regulations. Everything in the game is standardized, planned, and coordinated, based on a guideline or precedent. Everything, that is, but the park itself:...