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.

AnyChart is a robust JavaScript/HTML5 data visualization solution for easily creating interactive graphs, maps, Gantt and stock charts, and dashboards in any project, on any platform and in any...

This map follows the growing population of Syrian civilians who have fled the country’s civil war since 2011. The data are from Eurostat and the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees.

In the spirit of that never-ending pursuit of the next great idea, this interactive Patent Wall visualises the tens of thousands of Qualcomm's inventions conveyed through our patents. This is the...

Examine Miles Davis' legacy by sorting through every Wikipedia page (in English) on which he’s mentioned.

Traditionally, Martian craters are all named after something on Earth - small towns, scientists, or famous artists. In this map I tried to make a strange planet seem familiar by sharing the Earth...

Open Source visualization of Election Results by state, party, year, and candidate, sorted by region.

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

Prince was much more than a prolific musician. Besides giving rise to the "Minneapolis Sound," he also had an exceptional eye for spotting talent. He created numerous musical groups and wrote hit...

The history of the world in famous people’s lifespans.

American slaves per 250sqm in USA

The ESA Star Mapper visualisation is an exploration of some central aspects of astrometric star catalogues, using data from ESA's Hipparcos mission. 

From less than 100 meters to 828 meters, heights of skyscrapers in the world has grown 8 times in the past century. This graphic tracks the tallest building built every year, detailing its...

As of today, 59 women have been to space. In honor of International Women’s Day, I used the upcoming Mapbox Studio dataset editor and Mapbox GL JS to visualize where each astronaut is from and more...

Recent fossil discoveries have allowed researchers to reconstruct the evolution of mammals from their humble, shrewlike ancestors to the extraordinairy variety of forms, including humans, that...

The Swiss Post recently presented various information and resources on e-commerce. The scrollable microsite conveys the notion of e-commerce being more than just an online shop. Interdisciplinary...

Cognitive biases are just tools, useful in the right contexts, harmful in others. They’re the only tools we’ve got, and they’re even pretty good at what they’re meant to do. We might as well get...

Vaccination schedules are a live political issue in the USA. We wanted a neutral entry point into this debate, so we produced this interactive, which allows our readers to compare the schedules in...

Choice and chance is a 3D visualization that takes the viewer through Pulse nightclub on the night a shooter opened fire inside the building, killing 49 people. Choice and chance highlights the...

MapInSeconds lets people create choropleth maps just by copying and pasting data from a spreadsheet/Excel. A major goal of this is to make map-making straightforward and accessible. The maps can...

Video data visualisation in motion design showing the urbanisation of the planet throughout the ages. Since 2008, more than half of the humain beings live in cities. Every second, 2 people add up...

This is the average day of 1,000 Americans. Using data from the American Time Use Survey, I modeled a day as a time-varying Markov chain and simulated their time to the minute. The animated...

The project is a visual representation of the world, seen through the eyes of a pilot. The map has been inspired by Vanhoenacker's book "Skyfaring". On the map are indicated the airports and the...

Looking for a unique baby name? How about some strange ones? Ones you can use in Scrabble, or ones that show up in the Bible? This visualization walks through some trends and oddities in the...

Interactive visualisation of US unemployment data, broken down by gender, race and education level.

Linear, gantt chart style project schedules are not always easy to read for people without a building or project background. This interactive data visualisation provides an alternative project...

Hundreds of thousands of drivers, millions of users and rides, billions in VC funding. After seeing the explosive growth of rideshare companies in India, in spite of so many challenges, the...

Comments allow readers to respond to an article instantly, asking questions, pointing out errors, giving new leads. At their best, comment threads are thoughtful, enlightening, funny: online...

Since the 1990s, there have been a number of public health interventions to encourage people to quit smoking This combined with a constant increase in the price of a packet of cigarettes has seen a...

Shelter-me-not is an infographic art installation visualizing the housing issues of Syrian refugees in Lebanon, highlighting the ways in which shelter is tied to the experiences of both personal...