In the wake of the rapid advancements of AI technologies and multiple reports of their issues, regulation efforts are currently catching up. Hence, I wanted to visualize the current progress of...
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...
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...
Graphics team members Carlie Procell and Janet Loehrke teamed up to create this combined explanation of science and astrological phenomena.
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In June 2023 the sky over New York City turned dark red. In this graphic analysis, we show why dust clouds cover one of the largest cities in the world.
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....
“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...
Health Care Cost Institute and The DataFace collaborated to create Health Care Vitals, an interactive dashboard that allows users to examine health care utilization trends across different...
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...
I'm very interested in the memory of the Web. I'm fascinated by the fact that millions of sites and pages created in the 2000s simply don't exist today. They've been erased from the Web's surface....
Algorithms are an increasing part of our everyday lives.
They are constantly making decisions about us, yet they rarely explain their reasoning.
In this story, opaqueness is used as a...
As the globe swelters under hotter and hotter temperatures, the simple surfaces around us can become a threat to human health. This piece explains the danger surfaces exposed to extreme heat pose,...
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...
This self developed website breaks down the inner workings of a wind turbine in a fun and innovative way. After a quick scrollytelling you can explore a 3D model of the turbine and adjust...
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...
The Electronic Health Record (EHR) interface is the cornerstone tool of the medical consultation, through which clinicians review, collect, interpret and curate patient data. Widespread criticism...
Toxic levels of air pollution contribute to serious health complications and premature deaths.
In the UK, the legal level of air pollution (measured by PM 2.5*) is currently 20µg/m3, with...
A visualization of the spread of the novel Coronavirus Sars-CoV-2 through Europe. (September 2022)
After more than two years of living with the pandemic of the new Corona virus Sars-CoV2 one...
Health indicators make it possible to compare health spending per person in different countries and regions, assess government commitment to public health, and in turn reflect the economic health...
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Data: NOAA National Geophysical Data Center. 2009: ETOPO1 1 Arc-Minute Global Relief Model. NOAA National Centers for Environmental Information. Accessed...
When Tutankhamun died, objects specially crafted for the burial and heirlooms from his predecessors went with him to the grave. All were believed to accompany the pharaoh to a comfortable...
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...
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...
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...
In this digital dossier, we explain basic brain functions, the benefits and limitations of brain organoids, and ethical implications. The entire site is held together by a clear design, a stringent...
Space debris poses a threat to both satellites and future space missions. The littering of space with defunct satellites and old rockets has accelerated dramatically these last years, mainly due to...
Our World in Data publish yearly stats on energy usage by country and energy source type (https://github.com/owid/energy-data), and this makes for an intimidating dataset on an increasingly urgent...
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...