It might sound like science fiction, but a niche group of companies is making its way to the far reaches of the solar system, aiming to get rich by mining asteroids.
Industry barons see a future...
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...
Adding comments - human readable descriptions - to code is good practice when writing code in any programming language. However, different programming languages use different symbols to indicate a...
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...
A collaborative research effort between three organizations — Health Care Cost Institute (HCCI), Duke University, and North Carolina Blue Cross Blue Shield (NCBCBS) — intended to shed light on...
Swimming pools in the United States can do more harm than good. Not many people in America realize how much pools hurt the environment. An infographic poster can help shed a little light onto the...
Water is not only the source of life, but also the material basis of social economic development and social progress. However, water resources are scarce in China, the thirteenth largest in the...
Water is ever present on Earth and vital to life as we know it. Within our solar system water can be found on other worlds and will be essential for future attempts at expansion.
This...
Preface: Why are using the same graphs that were invented in 1786? Science is necessarily methodical, and methodical can be slow. Like any slow process, the evolution and modernizing of the process...
Last April was the 50 years anniversary of the first call done by Martin Cooper using the first mobile phone in history, which was big as a brick.
I wanted to find out more about that first model,...
The fingerprint is a hyperdense visual representation of the structural composition of a jupyter notebook article published in the Journal of Digital History. It functions both as an overview of...
A map that visualizes at the percentage of population with acess to broadband internet alongside the number of primary care physicians per capita for each county in 50 states and the District of...
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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...
Most people don’t think twice about the mechanics behind their internet access, or why that access still comes through billions of miles of cables and wires rather than strategically placed...
The work we do with our client, the Canadian Climate Institute, is always an opportunity to be bold, collaborative and to gain creative confidence. In this new project, the objective was to reveal...
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...
Communities of color are disproportionately affected by factors that undermine opportunities for social and economic advancement. One of the most basic requirements to sustain a livelihood is...
WE ARE ALONE ARE WE? is a set of four visualizations on the questions behind the search for extraterrestrial life: Is there any? How could we reach them? What would they look like? And how would we...
3D printing or additive manufacturing has the potential to transform manufacturing dramatically and permanently. This infographic explores how 3D printing is no longer reserved for science fiction,...
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...
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...
Adrift is an online Citizen Science project that enables participants to visualise the environmental conditions experienced by microscopic marine microbes as they are propelled around the globe by...
"The international astronomical union officially defined the concept of planets in 2006. The new definition of planet excludes Pluto as a dwarf planet. There are only eight planets left in the...
Nine undeclared military vehicles from Singapore were discovered in Kwai Chung container terminal following a tip-off from mainland law enforcers. “The Terrex” vehicles had taken part in routine...
Taste is a complex 4 dimensional experience. Different parts of the tongue, mouth and nasal cavity detect different aspects of flavour, scent and texture independently, yet together form a complete...