Many people are struggling to make ends meet in America. And it's not just because of debt. The cost of living in America is remarkably high in many of its major cities, especially when...

This year’s tournament has not been as unpredictable as it was in the past.

Asia is the world’s fastest-growing aviation market. But experts worry the continent is ill-equipped to handle the increasing traffic. Here are the major risks, illustrated through the course of a...

This pop culture visualization explores all spells used in the 7 Harry Potter books. Hovering over a spell reveals the spell's context and other details.

This infographic defines the key objects which overtime have had a profound impact on the development of Retail and society. Arriving at the list of 100 objects has been an enriching experience....

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...

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...

Where do the people with the lowest salaries live, and where the people with the highest? Zeit Online shows the development of the past 20 years for all municipalities.

Despite the fact that our world is more free than ever before in history, there remain some 45.8 million people living in a state of modern slavery. This visualization analyzes the problem of...

Nigeria’s dry season is tinderbox for farming land. If current patterns persist, violence is likely to erupt between farmers and cattle herders. One in search of water, the other in keeping their...

Most people know about earthquakes, but most people don't know how they happen. This chart shows how earthquakes work.

A Marshall Project analysis of New York Division of Criminal Justice Services data from 2014 through June of this year shows that while the numbers of turnstile arrests have decreased...

This infography is based on the popular board game of Chutes and Ladders. The game consists in navigating one's game piece, according to die rolls, from the start (bottom square) to the finish...

Florence was downgraded to a tropical storm on Friday evening, but still had sustained winds of 70mph. First published september 11 2018

IDC (International Detention Coalition) is an NGO that focuses on reducing immigration detention and finding further rights-based alternatives to detention. We made two information graphics for...

Our noise maps show the levels of exposure to noise in London, Paris and New York. Use your mouse to explore the loudest and quietest spots. We’ve created this to help people learn more about noise...

A semi-realtime simulation of the number of COVID cases reported. This visualization was created before there were vaccines, and in the news you would only hear big numbers: "800 new cases...

This graphic is a visualization of the history of US state boundaries. It gives an overview of current and past state boundaries throughout the country's entire history, combining time and space in...

Paintings and other images become a '3D movable object' with more depth, detail and structure in 'True Colour 3D'. User controls can vary lighting and other effects of appearance. Images were...

A cotton data visualization showing a change in the ranking of cotton lint producers in a decade. Made using threads, needle and a cloth. The red threads denote a decline in the rank and the black...

When President Obama signed the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act in 2012, the bill included a requirement that companies cover the cost of FDA-approved contraceptive drugs and services...

They were the first ones on the dance floor, the first in their families to immigrate to the United States, the first to lend a helping hand or words of support. Grandma, Pop Pop, Butterfly, Coach,...

Each season in Formula 1 features the Constructors' Cup. Teams earn points based on their performance in each race. Thus, in addition to individual standings, F1 also sees competition between...

There are approximately 300 billion stars in the galaxy. A constellation all its own, the human brain has about one-third that amount in neurons.

In 2012, fourteen buildings on Beijing's central axis were included in China's preliminary list of world heritage sites. As the historical and cultural buildings of the ancient capital of the six...

Despite resistance from environmentalists, Native tribes, and local communities, Enbridge moves forward with its pipeline plans. But at what cost? Enbridge Inc. is an international pipeline...

Chinese traditional roof decoration style, variety, and in the long history through the changes of the complex and the fusion, so in different regions, different nationalities and different...

This chart shows the nutritional ingredients in McDonald's food in a fun way. Each portrait represents one item on the McDonald's menu. According to Shape.com, the classic hamburger is the...

by Sudev Kiyada, Han Huang, Adolfo Arranz and Simon Scarr Throughout 2024, North Korea launched thousands of balloons carrying bags of trash into South Korea, escalating tensions between the two...

An analysis of the language sentiment in all 150 Psalms found in the Christian Bible. R was used to generate the sentiment scores and all analysis conducted in Tableau