Gas prices are on the rise again—about 4.2 percent, on average, in the past three months. Behind that increase is a wide range of price swings felt differently around the world. We ranked 61...

"What's Your Vote Worth?" presents America's proven capacity to improve equal access for its voters, while also encouraging readers to critically examine aspects of the American voting system where...

This project visualizes the performance of every World Cup player in the last 50 years. We generated a statistical fingerprint for each player based on 16 metrics, and created an interactive...

The region has the worst murder rate in the world, but there are some signs of improvement.

Keep Your Roots is an infographic that tracks how native language is lost in each generation. From surveying 70 Asian-Americans, aged 18–30 in California, the majority of their loss was due to the...

Cruising to a fourth term in the March 18 elections, Vladimir Putin is relying on a deep well of support based on two main factors: the huge rise in living standards over his 18 years in office...

This explainer-piece breaks down for an international audience why the US-midterms are important, how they function and what has been the party-wise trends over the years. Also, it looks at related...

What if machines could write stories? What are the boundaries between creativity and automation? These are the questions I asked myself when I started working on 'Grimmz' - a fairy-tale generator,...

A lot of people look for jobs at big companies because they can be great places to build a solid career. Unfortunately, if we measure the size of a company in terms of annual revenue, there may...

In a vacuum, how would the 2017-18 NBA Finals play out if I swapped places with Kevin Durant? I took and recorded myself taking every single shot Kevin Durant took to find out.

Percentages of the world population as 100 people.

Data theater on the quantified self. The human body is increasingly encountered as a data body. Movements, emotions and states are measured, quantified and transformed into data. At the same...

Visualizing student's academic performances across four subjects based on National Achievement Survey (2014).

Nesta has developed, and visualised, the most comprehensive public classification of skills available in the UK. We hope that the taxonomy will help workers and students learn more about the skills...

New research shows how automation will affect American cities and professions. The researchers calculated the average likelihood that a job will be automated in the coming decades, and then...

Hindu Mythology is a rich treasure trove of legends and fables. Vishnu is one of the Holy Trinity in Hinduism, responsible for protecting the Universe. The legend of the Ten Incarnations of Vishnu...

King Bhumibol Adulyadej, who died in October 2016 at the age of 88, was Thailand’s monarch for seven decades. Preparations for a lavish, five-day funeral with a budget of $90 million took nearly a...

In the twenty years since its 1998 release, Joel and Ethan Coen's neo-noir buddy comedy 'The Big Lebowski' has emerged as a cult sensation. A yearly festival is devoted to the film and its...

In the wake of the first official summit between U.S. President Donald Trump and Russian President Vladimir Putin, see which foreign leaders the two men have each spoken to and met with most...

Through the Global Grand Challenges initiatives, the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation has awarded 2,390 grants * so far in 90 countries. Each grid on this image of Bill & Melinda represents...

Our submission visualizes a recent estimate by the Population Reference Bureau of the staggering number of people who have ever been born. Even though ‘modern’ humans have been around for at least...

Manchester City were crowned Premier League champions with five games of the season remaining, equalling the English top-flight record. Explore the animation to see how this feat compares to every...

Illustration of 102 significant volcanic eruptions of last 18 years based on dataset by National Centers for Environmental Information (https://www.ngdc.noaa.gov/hazard/volcano.shtml)....

A series of visualizations and experimental tools around housing at a granular level.

Flight altitude records with a balloon and with a fixed-wing aircraft. Some, but not all of the records were certified by the non-profit international aviation organization, the Fédération...

A blockchain is a database that is shared across a network of computers. Once a record has been added to the chain it is very difficult to change. To ensure all the copies of the database are...

The chancellor’s second budget of the year sets out where Philip Hammond expects the state to get money from in 2018, and how he expects it to be spent. 

Don't (use it to) go back to Dalston.

The 360Giving Trend Engine application allows users to quickly explore the UK grant making landscape. Users can browse who has funded which themes and track the location of grants recipients over...

Tai Chi is a Chinese martial art practiced for its health benefits. The Chinese believe that slow body movement helps to gather invisible energy from the universe and harmonizes the body. We...