This story features an agricultural project from Uganda. A team of scientists joined 358 farmers who sourced the data themselves for this project. In two districts they tested the best bean they...

Quantify exactly how much you care, with pie charts, line graphs and Venn diagrams.

The artwork shows the satellites launched from 2003 to 2015. It represents the type of institutions that were focused on projects and the nation that financed them. On the left it is shown the...

In celebration of the start of the Rio 2016 Olympic Games this month, Visa looks back look back at major historical and cultural milestones in the Olympic and Paralympic Games since 1986.

Much of the American West is in a prolonged drought. Western Water tracks the water levels of reservoirs across the western United States. It is a proxy for water availability in the selected...

A three-town route for a weekend of red-hot ice fishing. 

As of autumn 2015 there are 870 Nobel Prize laureates, each one a well known and celebrated individual. But it is a less known fact that every year the Nobel Committee selects several hundred...

This text is designed to accompany your study of introductory digital signal processing. It’s an eccentric piece of not-so-rigorous literature with a preoccupation for explaining things using...

The Goldilocks principle states that something must fall within certain margins, as opposed to reaching extremes. When the effects of the principle are observed, it is known as the Goldilocks...

Nearly a century after the discovery of penicillin, bacterial infections are still killing about 700,000 people each year. This interactive series helps explain why.

Particles and fragments of light slip by in a stream of time and space to portray the compelling experience of driving. »Porsche BlackBox« reimagines this connection by visualizing racing data as...

These animated virus trading cards show the real 3D structure of viruses. Using scientifically accurate structure data from the Worldwide Protein Databank, each trading card reveals the viral...

This design is one of my course assignments, according to the computer query some information about the recycling of materials, analyzed and simplified, combined with some illustrations design...

A series of graphics accompanied this article on Flint's water crisis. These graphics took pains to convey the statistical sampling that was being used to test Flint's water, and how seemingly...

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,...

As temperatures rise and oceans warm, regions will face drastic changes and will be increasingly affected by climate hazards.

An historical overview on the visualization of data and information. Visualization is a language that could be defined as almost universal, something that makes it possible to translate data and...

A visualisation of ties between some of the stars of the Star Wars saga and the movies they have in common.

Ever wonder which James Bond made the most money? How about which actor flirted with Moneypenny the most? Or who killed the most henchmen? I have. So I did what anybody would do: I sat down with a...

Using the form of infographic design to visualize the abstract concept of memory, this picture explains how memory is transmitted between neurons where synapse plays an important role and shows the...

Clayton Kershaw was one of the best pitchers in baseball in the first half of the season. We analyzed more than 1,600 pitches to illustrate his tendencies. We also allow readers to explore the...

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...

Virtual reality has the ability to not only mimic real life, but also to transport its users to another world. The term was popularized relatively recently, in 1987 by Jaron Lanier, but the...

On the anniversary of Shakespeare’s death, we measure (for measure) 97 times his plays inspired us. He began writing plays by 1592, and they appear roughly in this order. He died on April 23, 1616,...

After some lengthy investigative work, I was leaked an internal report by Transport for London revealing a 121% increase in reports of rough sleeping on London’s night buses. But the numbers needed...

The digits of Pi are assigned mass and placed uniformly around a circle. The simulation calculates the gravitational forces between all mass pairs and moves the masses accordingly. When masses...

The development of antibiotics has added an average of 20 years to our lives. But resistance to antibiotics is rising. This poses a significant risk as common infections may become untreatable....

The artwork shows soccer statistics data made by Opta for HOWLER Magazine

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Our collaboration tool enables audiences at live events to brainstorm, share ideas and respond to presentations in real time. Stimulating collaborative thought, Talkviz engages audiences and...