In the early euphoria following the fall of the Berlin Wall in 1989, Germany moved quickly to erase the scars of its Cold War division. But East Germany’s legacy remains visible in...

This is a map showing over five years of drought data (285 weeks, combined into a single view) in the United States. The dots are proportionally sized by the amount of time over the past five...

Journey into the Amazon region, where thousands of species live in a delicate balance that’s imperiled by logging, mining, agriculture, roadbuilding, oil, and gas drilling. Published by National...

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...

Risk assessment tools -- tests that are supposed to measure a prisoners risk of recidivism -- are coming into increasing use. These tools can reduce the size of prison populations and avoid...

After Amelia and Oliver have yet again topped the list of most popular baby names in England and Wales, we look at how other names are faring. While Mia and Ella were gaining fans, there were...

The U.S. Department of Labor tracks how many people die at work, and why. The latest numbers were released in April and cover the last seven years through 2013.

The US government has wasted billions of dollars in Afghanistan, and until now, no one has added it all up. Project after project blundered ahead ignoring history, culture and warnings of...

By tallying who appears most often on playlists titled with the word “punk," we can learn how parts of culture perceive genres and the bands who represent them.

A century ago The Netherlands counted 6.5 million inhabitants. On March 21st of this year that number officially reached a total of no less than 17 million. That same day we published a combination...

This infographic shows 12 foods and their popularity among our most successful users of MyFitnessPal in terms of weight loss.

Flagstories is an analysis of world flags according to layouts, colours, similarities, proportions, age, complexity, history, meaning and symbolism. Published by Ferdio

Shrinking glaciers, a changing economy and environmental worries are forcing the Bhutanese to question whether their dependence on hydropower is the realistic way forward. This is a story of a...

To capture the toll of terror, the Los Angeles Times tracked every fatal act of terrorism around the world in April. By the end of the month, terror had struck 180 times and killed 858. The project...

How long does a citizen have to work in order to afford common medicines? This data analyses the price to income ratio in each country.

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...

  How many movies are actually about men? What changes by genre, era, or box-office revenue? What circumstances generate more diversity?

What counts gets counted: 6 years of numbers in radio news

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

For the Dutch version of the Deloitte Global Mobile Consumer Survey, Deloitte asked 2000 residents of the Netherlands about their mobile phone behaviour. The respondents gave information about...

In a first-of-its-kind review, the newspaper spent a year examining the field contact practices of the nation’s 50 largest police departments, along with some of the top law enforcement agencies in...

A look at the history of Batman & Superman in the context of the changes in American culture, politics and economics over the last century. The aim was to try and understand how these...

The rates of demographic change in New Orleans reveal something surprising about the future of the place: As the large-scale return of population to the New Orleans area has tapered, pre-existing...

At the world's largest classical music festival, the work of female composers will comprise only 4 per cent of the programme. But as this data visualisation shows, female composers often featured...

“Plastic Garbage Island” is the first cover story published on Visualeyed.com, it’s an article about marine debris with a focus on plastic garbage. The article is enriched by interaction,...

The most popular baby names in 2014 were Amelia and Oliver. However, the latest data has shown that more parents appear to be looking to modern culture for inspiration on the naming of their...

The joys of the airport: Late or canceled flights. Long lines. Crowded terminals. Overpriced, appalling food. Bloomberg Businessweek surveyed more than 3,000 frequent flyers, analyzed travel...

Elephant ivory is now a key source of funding for armed groups in central Africa like the Lord’s Resistance Army. National Geographic commissioned the creation of artificial tusks with hidden GPS...

An infographic describing point after point the main transformations introduced by the Obama's Health Care Reform Bill, and their consequences over years, together with the net changes in the U.S....