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...
Think of a big number, the biggest one you can conceive of. Now add 1. You have a bigger number. You can keep going on and on, until you get to infinity. But is this ‘infinity’ an actual...
Climate change is likely to contribute to more hot and humid days across Canada, but every region is different. To help readers gauge just how hot it could feel in their area, CBC News crunched the...
Part 2 of The Bat Lands. First it jumped from bats to pigs. Then pigs gave it to people. Now the brain-damaging Nipah virus has found a way to leap from bats to humans without an intermediary host....
Information opium is a phenomenon of social media addiction, which manifests itself in the form of being addicted to all kinds of information in social media, thus adversely affecting one's...
Many of us routinely force our bodies to fight sleep. We drink caffeinated beverages by day to stay alert and alcohol to wind down at night. Some of us work all night and sleep in daylight. Others...
Along with innovative scientific discoveries, the way in which these are depicted also requires a development in line with the times. Overgrown Tree - Evolution of Evolutionary Thinking is an...
Explore the Global Sugar-Sweetened Beverage (SSB) Tax Database, a collaborative project between Data Whale LLC and the World Bank Group. This data visualization project offers a comprehensive view...
About two years after publishing "Geography of the Use of Pesticides in Brazil and Connections with the European Union", Larissa Bombardi, a professor and researcher on pesticide use in Brazil,...
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...
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...
Turkey’s deadliest quakes in modern times may have also unleashed a health catastrophe for generations to come. Asbestos, silica, mercury and lead are among thousands of toxins released by the huge...
Happiness is a deeply personal experience, yet everyone pursues happiness. Growing up in Beijing and living across the globe sparked my curiosity about the ways different cultures perceive and live...
Reuters documented and analysed more than 10,000 aftershocks that struck southern Turkey and northwest Syria in the weeks after the two massive earthquakes in February.
The team were able to...
PeCan Knowledge Base: Making sense of complex genomics
PeCan Knowledge Base (PeCan) on St. Jude Cloud (part of St. Jude Children’s Research Hospital) is a pioneering resource that began as a...
How will »prompting« change the way we experience the world? Artificial Worldviews inquired GPT-3.5 about its knowledge of the world in 1.764 prompts and mapped out the results.
The advent of...
The allure of the Moon's mysteries has swept across the globe, captivating hearts and minds. Inspired by a renowned melody, I embarked on crafting an exquisite infographic. Drawing upon the elegant...
I developed this data visualization to highlight the 20-year gap in life expectancy across regions - a phenomenon the United States hasn't experienced in nearly 50 years. I wanted to show the...
Confusion matrix - in a way that is friendly to a non-technical audience (interactive, without VBA)
Confusion matrix is a decision-making tool, that helps us to solve classification problems in...
A graph details the statistics of cancer, specifically the risk of developing the cancer in ones lifetime, the various causes of the different cancers and the degree to which they contribute. The...
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...
"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...
As the amount of personal data held by governments and companies continues to grow, the personal and systemic cost of not securing this information properly also mounts. ABC News Story Lab...
Part 4 of The Bat Lands. The Amazon, one of the most bat-diverse regions in the world, is under constant assault from deforestation yet no widespread viral outbreak has been documented there....
Neurodiversity is a crucial topic that remains largely unexplored, despite it being part of our everyday world. As our understanding of the human brain evolves, it's essential to acknowledge and...
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...