A visualisation of complexity of R packages in Comprehensive R Archive Network (CRAN) package repository. The visualisation begins with a network plot of a selected list of 324 R packages...

Technology and our increasing demand for security have put us all under surveillance. Is privacy becoming just a memory?

This dataviz shows different types of forest fires in Russia over time. You can see how the dynamic of them changes over tie among different territories.

The effectiveness of development aid is still under debate. Yet, from 1947 to 2013, a total of 1.5 millions of dollars for foreign aid has flown from one country to another. This interactive...

Artwork for Il Corriere della Sera -La Lettura about the main deposits of gemstones in the world Source: Gem Explorer

In collaboration with OECD, we created an interactive data platform to help countries assess their state of digital development and formulate policy strategies in response. The toolkit supports the...

In schemas for Ulysses, Joyce describes the compositional technique behind the “Sirens” episode as including the “eight regular parts of a fuga per canonem,” later reworded to a “fugue with all...

I think we can all benefit from knowing a little more about others who aren’t like us (or who are), no matter how small the tidbits. Select sex, age group, and race to see the demographics of...

A solar energy dashboard showing insights into the distribution and utility of solar cells across the U.S. state of Ohio, as well as the solar power generated and more. Created by Shreya Arya...

‘Play Bikes!: A Sonic Alleycat’ is a multi-sensory data experience built as a love letter to bikes, to maps, and to data. Personal bike ride data collected from a fitness app is transformed into...

Studies have shown that the stress associated with particular negative events like divorce, moving, unemployment, big financial loss, major illness/death of a loved one, can have an impact on life...

Linear algebra and matrix computations are often presented in math class as an array of inane formulas and calculations to drill and memorize. This explorable explainer attempts to present a deeper...

Over the past four days, a mix of politicians and other figures — athletes, actors, business people and the like — delivered 73 speeches as part of the Republican National Convention. We tracked...

Greg Wyler’s first space Internet startup, O3b Networks, has positioned a ring of satellites in medium-earth orbit around the equator—high enough to cover large portions of the planet, but not...

"My Happiness Record" is a chronicle of my approach to self-reflection by tracking my mood daily over three years. Being a deeply emotional person, I used to record moments through journals and...

Student project showing the effects of cigarette butt pollution. The campaign was to help promote change.

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...

A breakdown of internal migration in the U.S. A project for BookYourData.com

Cantonese opera is a form of artistic expression that is almost a thousand years old. In Hong Kong there are theatres where operas are presented continuously, as well as there are annual events in...

Comic-book superheroes battle bad guys. But the two main comic publishers fight commercially in even tougher ways. Alongside the release of 2013's summer superhero movies, The Economist produced a...

Monitoring poverty and well-being in NYC in this interactive for the Columbia Population Research Center.

What makes a great city? Is it political stability? Low crime rates? Access to education or healthcare? We took one metric, looking at how easy it is for people to move within cities. We calculated...

Scientific studies have shown that bipolar mood switches can sync with the phases of the lunar cycle under certain circumstances. Since I live with bipolar, I tracked my mood for 72 days and...

What forms of A.I. appear in movies? Are the stories more positive or negative? What stories tend to correlate with others? What does this imply that we should do right now about AI? The...

Metroverse is an urban economy navigator built at the Growth Lab at Harvard University. It is based on over a decade of research on how economies grow and diversify and offers a detailed look into...

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...

To showcase the newcomers for hostel vacancy and warden can easily identify the number of rooms capacity left in the design.

Israel’s military faced significant challenges in its efforts to neutralize Hamas’ extensive tunnel network in Gaza. These underground passages, which stretched hundreds of kilometers and reached...

‘See how global warming has changed the world since your childhood’ sets out to shift people's understanding of climate change from an abstract future problem to something that is deeply personal...

Why did the "game" "Blue Whale" become popular in social networks in Russia and other countries? On the basis of psychological research, I describe the causes of children and teenagers'...