This visualization presents a breakdown of Earth's surface composition of water and land. It illustrates that the majority of the Earth's surface is covered by water, with almost all of it being...

Written in the Stars. This tells a story, our story. But it is not unique, it in part belongs to all of us that have fallen for another. The technology industry can, at times, earn its...

Before his downfall, former security chief Zhou Yongkang was among the most powerful and feared officials in China, a hardliner who oversaw spending on domestic security outstrip the defense...

Japan has seen a surge in bear attacks in recent years, with data for the year through March 2024 setting a grisly record. Experts have attributed the attacks to a variety of reasons including...

A series of visualizations and experimental tools around housing at a granular level.

Motivation. As an artist, I have always been fascinated by the use of color. My favorite artistic medium has always been acrylic, due to the vivid and vibrant colors it is able to depict. I...

Practicing doctors and researchers need to keep up to date with new medical research, but it can be challenging to read every paper that could be relevant. To help our time-pressured readers to get...

The artwork shows on the left side the refugees who fled from their country of origin from 1980 to 2015, while on the right side the nations that have given asylum to refugees. The nations that...

Safari zones are nature preserves are different regions where Trainers can catch wild (and sometimes rare) Pokemon. What's unique about Safari Zones is the mechanics by which a trainer can catch...

This set of experimental information visualisations employs a 'genre-blending' approach (mixing fact with fiction) to communicate the complexity of human interventions in the natural...

This survey is an estimate of the political balance of power at the time of the survey, not a prediction of the outcome of the upcoming elections. The reliability of a survey depends on its...

Kids are absorbing the world around them. They are creating their knowledge and believes from scratch. We, as parents, are trying to set an example of an equal relationship. Plus we read a lot to...

This analysis has been completed for the Data in Motion data visualization challenge on LinkedIn, based on the data collected by the Washington Post...

Sometimes we have to challenge readers' sensibility so we can build a better world. This cut-out infographic includes a mid-upper-arm circumference (or MUAC) bracelet, which is used to help assess...

Ron had a wand of ash wood and a core of unicorn hair— before he broke it after a nasty encounter with the Whomping Willow, of course. In celebration of the 20th anniversary of the first ever...

In the race to put self-driving vehicles on the street by 2021, major automakers and suppliers are partnering with, investing in and acquiring smaller component makers and technology start-ups

A series of maps explain how President Assad’s military – backed by Russian warplanes – have been waging a harsh campaign against an array of rebel factions in Syria’s bloody conflict. The...

When China’s Place Museum announced plans for a branch in Hong Kong the SCMP visited Beijing and Taipei to study the Forbidden City’s architecture, history and how the art collection was split...

"Groovescape" transforms auditory data into a visual experience. The user is given the opportunity to have his individual Spotify playlists displayed as a shimmering tornado. The shape and dynamics...

Mission No. 91 is an attempt to portray the scale of the effort and sacrifice of the men who flew long, dangerous bomber missions in World War II. The 91st mission of the VIII Bomber Command was...

Missing masterpieces draw headlines, but most stolen art is crushingly quotidian-a family portrait "lost" by a moving company, a landscape snatched with the jewelry during a break-in. The FBI's...

Sociotope is a social media experiment made with WebGL. It visualizes the data you left in social networks in a way you possibly haven't seen before. Using motion as a metaphor for relevance,...

Russian volunteers are searching through graveyards, archives and the internet to determine how many of the country’s soldiers have actually died in Ukraine. A database they helped build provides...

A poster of New York City's tallest buildings arranged in order of the time they were completed.

What are investors looking for in companies and founders? The data looks at 890 U.S. startups that were founded from 2009-2015 and received at least $20 million in VC and other equity funding.

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

What does trade within NAFTA look like? Driven by trade data from the UN Comtrade dataset, this interactive explorable analysis of trade within NAFTA profiles trade over time and across commodity...

Commissioned by The French Atomic Energy and Alternative Energy Commission (Commissariat à l’énergie atomique et aux énergies alternatives — CEA Grenoble), Dioramat1—1.Lithium (in French version...

The U.S. House of Representatives presents a stark wealth gap compared to the average American. The typical House member is 14 times wealthier than the average citizen, with some ultra-wealthy...

“God created time, the devil created calendars,” as the Austrian-American chemist Erwin Chargaff once wrote. But here of course that's not entirely true, since the ixtract calendar you find beneath...