Toronto-area schools provide vaccination rates for the Diphtheria-Tetanus-Pertussis (DTP) vaccine.
The Toronto Public Health staff work with schools to show that students have either been...
Nowadays, the term artificial intelligence is not new to anybody. “Intelligent“ devices and algorithms are everywhere – as digital assistants or chatbots, for example. The notion, that an algorithm...
"But what about protein?" is perhaps one of the most frequently asked questions to vegetarians. The doubt arises from the simple view - surrounded by problems - that meat and eggs are the main...
What the online encyclopedia has gained in responsiveness, completeness, and user engagement, it has lost in terms of the quality of its editorial design, typography, and illustrations. This...
“Discrimination Is Breaking People’s Hearts” was part of a special package of articles highlighting problems and solutions in health equity. The Scientific American editorial team quickly...
To mark the 2022 World Suicide Prevention Day (10 Sep), and in anticipation to the 2022 World Mental Health Day (10 Oct), I have created an infographic raising awareness to these serious issues...
As a key figure in the IPCC Synthesis Report, Figure SPM1, panel c, captured global media attention and inspired many related visualizations. Figure SPM1c breaks new ground for IPCC as it ties...
This visual, created in tableau, helps the intended audience understand Health Care Professional’s’ engagement with media at an individual level. On the radial chart on the left-hand side, each...
The dashboard serves to illustrate the trends and attributes of blood donor activity in Malaysia. The availability of an ample supply of blood is of importance for the efficient functioning of the...
This piece explores recent and alarming data showing this year’s record-breaking extreme heat in Southeast Asia. April and May are typically the hottest months of the year there, as temperatures...
How does it feel to not hear? According to Xu Kaifeng, a person with near-total deafness, living in a world without sound feels like you don't exist at all. For those with healthy ears, it's hard...
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Though the idea that playful learning should have a central role in schools is gaining traction, the reality—apart from early childhood and recess—is that learning through...
Part 1 of The Bat Lands. A recent Marburg virus outbreak in Ghana highlights how the thirst for resources is driving destruction of the world’s most biodiverse areas and putting humans in...
The historic examination of Tutankhamun’s mummy inside the innermost coffin was performed over seven days
in October and November of 1925, and meticulously recorded in discoverer Howard Carter’s...
The work "space rocket - way to the moon" deals with the research question of how technically abstract and complex content can be made accessible with the help of targeted group-specific design...
The work "space rocket - way to the moon" deals with the research question of how technically abstract and complex content can be made accessible with the help of targeted group-specific design...
As young researchers, we all strive to aim high in our careers. But how high may we plan? This project was born out of curiosity to see what statistics say about our chances to be published in...
This data visualization analyzes the results of the largest to date veterinary study on a deadly cat virus called Feline Infectious Peritonitis (FIP) and the effects of a potentially curing...
Duke Lemur Center houses several hundred lemurs, many of them endangered species. This table explores of 27 of the species of lemur that have been housed there, showing the number of males and...
"Tree of Life" portrays global life expectancy. Its central feature is a chord chart shaped like a tree, where each branch symbolizes a continent, branching further into countries. The size of each...
Thanks to the advances in technology and the drop of launch costs, launching satellites has become more feasible than ever. It is expected that more than 20,000 satellites wil be launched within...
We used 3D modelled cylinders to represent the victims of sexual abuse in the UK's National Health Service recorded by health trusts. Working collaboratively to a tight deadline we used stark...
After 50 years of relative quiet, La Palma—one of the youngest
and most volcanically active islands in the Canaries—saw a
dramatic eruption in 2021. The event was one of the most dev-
astating...
Imagine if policy makers and interventionalists had the ability to access and explore aggregate health information from across geographic regions at their fingertips. The Population Health OutcomEs...
Merck can trace its roots all the way back to the seventeenth century when Friedrich Jacob Merck opened up shop as an apothecary in a small city in what is today southern Germany.
After the...
BROMACKER project combines paleo research and science communication at the excavation site in the UNESCO Geopark Thuringia Inselsberg - Drei Gleichen, at the Museum für Naturkunde Berlin, at the...