A visual representation of Spotify's algorithm to create a personalized Discover Weekly playlists for their 75 million users.

In US presidential primaries, endorsements have been among the best predictors of which candidates will succeed and which will fail. This visualisation keeps track.

A graphics and data-rich profile of the man who creates the Madden Ratings, the numerical grades used in EA Sports' Madden NFL football videogame franchise. Published by...

After a bitterly contested Australian election, the returned Government of Malcolm Turnbull faces the prospect of negotiating with various blocs of other parties in order to pass its agenda through...

The worst coral bleaching event in recorded history currently threatens reefs across the globe and scientists warn the situation may not improve anytime soon.The threat to corals around the world...

With the Australian federal election drawing near, we set out to explain why Australians had varying levels of influence on the outcome. We included various factors which could effectively...

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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,...

The Colorado River — the most important water source for 40 million people in the West — is draining. For a century, seven states engineered ways to wring ever more water from the river, defying...

Efforts to learn more about the mosquito that transmits Zika have resulted in a new visualization, but what does it show?

I squirt some water into my mouth. It's vaguely lemon-lime. As I go to return the water bottle to its cage on my bike, it slips out of my hand, hitting the pavement and bouncing into the bushes....

675 people have been shot and killed by police in 2016. This database is based on news reports, public records, social media and other sources.

Urbanisation is something that can make or break your economic growth and general welfare.The goal of this visualisation is to inform policy makers and motivate them to invest more money in...

The second debate on Wednesday night was a three-hour affair, where Donald Trump dominated the conversation – a repeat performance of the first debate. Of words spoken by the 11 candidates, 15...

Why Muslims are rising fastest and the unaffiliated are shrinking as a share of the world's population.

Trachoma is the leading infectious cause of blindness in the world, impairing the vision of around 2.2 million people, of whom 1.2 million are irreversibly blind. It is a health problem in around...

Segmentation expense, incomes and participating in the working class in the 1950s and in the 2011s, the categories are: housing and municipal rats, working women, working men, transport and...

Most Googled Game of Thrones characters episode by episode

An interactive analysis revealing how the Star Wars trailers frequently repeat scenes while parsing out bits of new material to generate attention.

Leicester have won the Premier League. But how did they do it and how does their success differ from other winners across the continent?

This article examines the performance of sprinters in various races, Olympic games and World Championships, to try to predict the next winners.

Visualizing the social graph of the #GamerGate/#NotYourShield universe

A fascinating look into the effects of non-native, invasive species of bugs and insects on the environment and the science of eradicating them.

Rents are on the rise in Berlin, and the reasons are manifold. Online portals of the so-called “sharing economy”, such as Airbnb, are marketing to tourists and have proven to be a profitable...

Independent scientists from academia and government considered the research on red meat for six months before meeting for a week in Lyon, France, to render a decision. The panel included...

Is crime in America rising or falling? The answer is not nearly as simple as politicians sometimes make it out to be, because of how the FBI collects and handles crime data from the country’s...

Although the Force is vague and entirely fictitious, this infographic identifies, measures, and categorises use of the Force of the first 6 Star Wars movies.

Skeptics of manmade climate change offer various natural causes to explain why the Earth has warmed 1.4 degrees Fahrenheit since 1880. But can these account for the planet's rising temperature?This...

A research made by the website "OkCupid": half a million straight people have been asked "have you ever tried sexual intercourse with the same gender as yours?" the answers were: Red: "No, and I...