SciFlows is an interactive web application that analyzes global academic mobility trends. The visualization uses publication data from the Dimensions database that aggregates changes in author...

Never before has Twitter played such a prominent role in an election. If Clinton or Trump wants to say something or react to news — even if it's at 3 a.m. — they don't need to coordinate a press...

This network diagram displays how characters span the Breaking Bad universe (aka the Gilliverse). The size of each character symbol denotes how many appearances they made in Breaking Bad, Better...

There is no discerinble relationship between height and power. Maybe world leaders really are larger than life.

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New York is known to be the city of skyscrapers, but lesser credit is given to meticulous planting of trees alongside this concrete jungle. This infographic utilizes information from NYC Open data,...

I sourced my data from the South Australian Government open data repository, focusing on everyday passenger vehicles (cars, station wagons, and utilities) and excluding motorcycles, scooters, and...

The analysis of collaboration patterns both between institutions and among countries. Scientific collaborations play an increasingly important role in driving world-leading research. Nature...

Artwork for Il Corriere della Sera - La Lettura. The artwork shows alcohol by volume, bitterness, color and source of more than 100 styles of beer.

Data on early slavery in the American north is easily available at the county level, but the most important patterns only emerge by going back to the original 1790 publications and plotting it town...

From the vast lakes of the US to the mangrove forests of Bangladesh, everything is at stake as the world heats up. In this piece for Earth Day 2023, we look at 16 species and landscapes at risk of...

By analysing the risks and benefits of commuting by bike in big cities, the authors answer the question we all ask ourselves: is it worth it?

Everyday, our readers can tell us how they feel, right on our homepage. They can say whether they’re in a good mood or a bad one, and provide more detail by entering a single adjective. The...

Northwestern University in Qatar's new Arab Media Use survey website contains findings from a comprehensive study NU-Q conducted in early 2013 to better understand the media of Qatar and provide a...

A video of an interactive visualisation that demonstrates how colour (green, white and grey) is used to display associations, and dissociations, in data. This is fun way of educating people in how...

This article written and researched by Elena Sanz, portrays the history and current context of the most expensive neighborhood in Madrid (Spain): The Salamanca neighborhood. Together, the editor...

The Global Language Network is a project by the MIT Media Lab Macro Connections group in collaboration with Aix-Marseille Université, Northeastern MoBS, and Harvard University. We are an...

Using data from water sampling tests conducted by volunteers and members of Estuario, a conservation non-profit in Puerto Rico. Metrics assessed include bacteria levels, chemical compositions and...

Many people think of forced displacement as a before-and-after situation: that displaced families move into an IDP camp that, despite their many challenges, are relatively stable. The reality is...

The ever-increasing pollution and the climatic emergency are increasingly relevant phenomena in the current situation of our planet. In this sense, it is important to understand which realities...

Life in Clay explores the possibilities of turning data about my life and the lives of my loved ones into functional pottery. My goal is to give our elusive personal data a physical presence by...

An image which illustrates a fascinating visualisation of Twitter conversations about breast cancer, created by a team at RCSI (Royal College of Surgeons in Ireland), has been unveiled as a winner...

Since 2008 I create network visualizations to better understand how communities work. In this article I take a look at how verified Twitter users are connected and who they are.

Data visualisation in a book format with data from the UN's Human Development Report about well-being and development. I designed a collection of books, one for each of the 187 countries that are...

This data driven research tool was commissioned by The Open University to help academics in the field of psychology to explore different perspectives that exist within psychology methods as well as...

This data visualisation is a re-imagining of Minard's graph on the French invasion of Russia in 1812. This campaign marked a turning point in Napoleon's reign. Nearly a million men died, equally...

About 35% of current jobs in the UK are at high risk of computerisation over the following 20 years, according to a study by researchers at Oxford University and Deloitte. Oxford University...

Using the American Time Use Survey in combination with commonly accepted research for how long it takes to accomplish common dream-oriented tasks such as running a marathon, reading the Bible, and...

Since music albums with cover art became the standard during the vinyl era, these two have become inextricably attached. Now, in the streaming era of digital distribution, a new call is open to...