Hundreds of climbers are gathering in Nepal to begin a months-long odyssey up the world’s highest mountain in hopes of spending a few extraordinary moments on its peak. Scroll along the icy...
In May, the WSJ illustrated the differences in song preferences in New York by using data from e-jukeboxes.
But what if we were to zoom that lens onto the rest of the country?
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Journey into the Amazon region, where thousands of species live in a delicate balance that’s imperiled by logging, mining, agriculture, roadbuilding, oil, and gas drilling.
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In machine learning, computers apply statistical learning techniques to automatically identify patterns in data. These techniques can be used to make highly accurate predictions. Keep scrolling....
The most popular baby names in 2014 were Amelia and Oliver. However, the latest data has shown that more parents appear to be looking to modern culture for inspiration on the naming of their...
Urbanisation is something that can make or break your economic growth and general welfare.The goal of this visualisation is to inform policy makers and motivate them to invest more money in...
This infographic is an attempt to present Boston subway information to help people in Boston better understand the trains, how people use the trains, and how the people and trains interact with...
I squirt some water into my mouth. It's vaguely lemon-lime. As I go to return the water bottle to its cage on my bike, it slips out of my hand, hitting the pavement and bouncing into the bushes....
Since December, our model has taken in all published constituency-level polls, UK-wide polls and polling conducted in the nations, and projected the result in each of the 650 Westminster...
Criminal sentencing has long been based on the present crime and, sometimes, the defendant’s past criminal record. In Pennsylvania, judges could soon consider a new dimension: the...
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...
Language represents our view of the world, and knowing its limits helps us understand how our perception works.
I used the data from Wikipedia’s “Color” entry for different languages. My...
Bicycle makers continue to produce lighter machines with better grip and more powerful brakes. Riders have been flirting with unheard of speeds during descents, touching 70 miles an hour. And...
Flagstories is an analysis of world flags according to layouts, colours, similarities, proportions, age, complexity, history, meaning and symbolism.
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629,000 girls (aged 0–6 years) are estimated to be missing in India every year. The majority of them are aborted, others are killed, abandoned or neglected to death just because they are girls....
When it comes to the new vehicles people buy in America, the story is all about light-trucks—the broad category that includes pickups, SUVs, crossovers, and minivans. As the economy gains strength...
The Guardian began investigating Homan Square, a secretive Chicago police warehouse, in February 2015. After launching a transparency lawsuit, the Guardian has forced the Chicago police...
We give far too much credence to individual statistics on social and economic well-being. Take the poverty rate. That statistic tells us the share of the population below a specific income...
The U.S. Department of Labor tracks how many people die at work, and why. The latest numbers were released in April and cover the last seven years through 2013.
For the Dutch version of the Deloitte Global Mobile Consumer Survey, Deloitte asked 2000 residents of the Netherlands about their mobile phone behaviour. The respondents gave information about...
Many of the economic trends that have defined countries’ fortunes over the past year are especially striking when seen visually—how in the U.S., for example, unemployment declined, or how, in...
This website allows the user to explore the data around the migrant crisis in Europe, including the routes, the fatalities, and the response of the different European countries.
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