Historically, presidential candidates as unpopular as Donald Trump faced decimation in the electoral college. But thanks to the increasing polarization of both parties and voters, that has become a...
These are two infographics. One shows that Google representatives attended White House meetings more than once a week, on average, from the beginning of Obama’s presidency through October 2015. The...
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?
Published by...
The real estate market has been one of the main driving forces of China’s economy for more than one decade. This fast growing industry also contributed to social inequality in urban...
A century ago The Netherlands counted 6.5 million inhabitants. On March 21st of this year that number officially reached a total of no less than 17 million. That same day we published a combination...
Until recently, it was impossible to measure the popularity of older music. Billboard charts and album sales only tell us about a song’s popularity at the time of its release. But now we have...
Comments allow readers to respond to an article instantly, asking questions, pointing out errors, giving new leads. At their best, comment threads are thoughtful, enlightening, funny: online...
Today’s AFL grand final players are the product of sports scientists on the quest for the perfect competitor.
The average grand finalist has certainly changed a lot over the years. ‘Mullets,...
There have been more than 22 million weddings in England and Wales over the last 70 years. Visualising data from the Office for National Statistics allowed to retrace patterns in the British...
In just eight years, Pinellas County School Board members turned five schools in the county's black neighborhoods into some of the worst in Florida. First they abandoned integration, leaving the...
Eniday is an Eni’s project, a digital magazine focused on innovation and storytelling, providing explainations and stories on how natural resources are transformed into energy. The Visual Agency...
In a first-of-its-kind review, the newspaper spent a year examining the field contact practices of the nation’s 50 largest police departments, along with some of the top law enforcement agencies in...
The electoral map is many shades of Republican and Democrat—and always shifting. Which states have moved to the middle, and which are slipping out of reach for the opposition party?
The Colorado River — the most important water source for 40 million people in the West — is draining. For a century, seven states engineered ways to wring ever more water from the river, defying...
Shrinking glaciers, a changing economy and environmental worries are forcing the Bhutanese to question whether their dependence on hydropower is the realistic way forward. This is a story of a...
A record number of women now use contraception. The latest figures from the UN’s Department of Economic and Social Affairs show 64% of married and cohabiting women used modern or traditional...
Roughly 2.2 million people are locked up in prison or jail; 7 million are under correctional control, which includes parole and probation; and more than $80 billion is spent on corrections...
Coal and natural gas are the most common sources for electricity in the country, but coal represents a declining share. The new Clean Power Plan seeks to accelerate that trend by requiring...
Call it taxonomy, classification, even organization — it is what we use to make sense of almost everything around us. We put things in logical, labeled boxes that help us comprehend the world. The...
You’re a social scientist with a hunch: The U.S. economy is affected by whether Republicans or Democrats are in office. Try to show that a connection exists, using real data going back to 1948....
Some teams seem to always strike gold on draft day, while others just find rocks. (We’re looking at you, Cleveland.) Revisit the past 20 NFL drafts to see how adept every team has been at mining...
After Amelia and Oliver have yet again topped the list of most popular baby names in England and Wales, we look at how other names are faring.
While Mia and Ella were gaining fans, there were...