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...

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

It was the BBC that came up with the format, which pairs celebrities with professional dancers for a televised ballroom dancing competition. The first series began on 15 May 2004. Later that year,...

Politicians like to say, 'I worked my way through college' to prove their work ethic. But four decades ago, a year of tuition could be worked off in a summer. Compared with today's kids, they had...

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

High-profile mass shootings in San Bernardino and Colorado Springs grabbed national attention and sparked debate about how to reduce gun violence. But Congress still hasn’t passed a single bill...

The Dalai Lama asked Paul Ekman and Stamen Design to design him an Atlas of Emotions. This online interactive project visualizes what science knows about emotions, emotional states, triggers,...

Around 1.9 million people work in creative occupations across the UK, which is approximately 6% of total employment. But where do these creatives live? And do some areas of the UK have a higher...

The artwork shows the periodic table structured according to nation and year of discovery Source: Royal Society of Chemistry

This project shows every Air Jordan 1 high-top model released from 1985–2015.

To mark the completion of the Rio 2016 Olympic Games, ‘The Pursuit of Faster’ data visualisation project explores the evolution of medal winning performances across all Olympic Games since...

The Toronto Symphony Orchestra’s ‘listening guides’ make use of symbols and morse code-like notation to aid the experience of a live performance.

Artwork for BBC Focus Magazine , Graphic Science Section , covering all the missions intended to reach Mars Source: Nasa

This chart shows the winners and losers in energy sources used.

One of the biggest challenges in comparing the best modern-day players to those of previous eras is the changes in the the way the game is played. Season length, roster size, and schedule strength...

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...

As of autumn 2015 there are 870 Nobel Prize laureates, each one a well known and celebrated individual. But it is a less known fact that every year the Nobel Committee selects several hundred...

Website and blog offering tips on Tableau, data visualization and R.

Interactive infographic to compare the statistics of the 10 largest German cities by 15 customizable categories.

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

Sharks range in size from the largest fish on the planet to the length of your palm. See how you compare to some of these vulnerable predators that are so crucial to the ocean's health.

This text is designed to accompany your study of introductory digital signal processing. It’s an eccentric piece of not-so-rigorous literature with a preoccupation for explaining things using...

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.

Does every female character in Disney / Pixar movies have basically the same face?

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...

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...

When a company or government agency suffers a data breach, the number of records they say were lost are often preliminary estimates, whether they say so or not. Typically, the investigation has...

A visual exploration of the spatial patterns in the endings of German town and village names.

Artwork for "La Lettura". Data extraction by ItaliaNLP Lab. The visualization shows the most frequent terms and their proximity in Svetlana Alexievich's books. For each book are indicated the 10...

The information graphic for the Burckhardt+Partner agenda shows 116 projects in the first quarter 2015. Size and colours give an insight into project volumes and the varied compositions of the...