Dec 16, 2021
NASA launched the Parker Solar Probe in 2018 in an effort to explore closer to the sun. The probe recently flew through and out of the Sun’s upper atmosphere to successfully sample particles and magnetic fields. Amazing. The video above from NASA explains the...
Dec 15, 2021
Vaccine supply is only part of the equation. For The New York Times, Keith Collins and Josh Holder looked at distribution of available doses in countries, categorized by income group. Tags: coronavirus, New York Times, vaccination
Dec 14, 2021
Lazaro Gamio and Peter S. Goodman for The New York Times used a flowchart to explain how the world’s supply chains got to where they are now. The scroll takes you through the set of intertwining variables. Tags: coronavirus, New York Times, supply
Dec 13, 2021
Leland Wilkinson passed away on Friday, according to his daughter Amie. In visualization circles, he was best known for The Grammar of Graphics, which defined a system to describe and implement all statistical charts. Here’s Jessica Hullman on Wilkinson’s...
Dec 10, 2021
Stephen Curry is about to break the record for number of three-pointers made in a career. By law, as dictated by sports visualization record keeping, a multiple line chart must be made to show the player of interest compared against others. The Washington Post got it...
Dec 10, 2021
Using estimates based on satellite data, Joshua Stevens for NASA Earth Observatory mapped the concentration of microplastics in the ocean over time: Researchers at the University of Michigan (UM) recently developed a new method to map the concentration of ocean...
Dec 9, 2021
Welcome to issue #168 of The Process, the newsletter for FlowingData members on how the charts get made. I’m Nathan Yau, and this week I’m thinking about the importance of showing your charts to others before you’re in too deep to recognize what does...
Dec 9, 2021
The more money people come across, the more things they can and tend to buy. More money on average means bigger houses, more expensive cars, and fancier restaurants. But what if you look at relative spending instead of total dollars? Read More
Dec 8, 2021
Shortlife is a clock by artist Dries Depoorter that simply shows the percentage of your life lived, based on life expectancy from the World Health Organization. It has a warranty of six months. I kind of want this? Please note: Results may vary. Tags: clock, Dries...
Dec 7, 2021
Ben Smith for The New York Times got an internal document that outlines TikTok’s recommendation system. This quote caught my eye: Julian McAuley, a professor of computer science at the University of California San Diego, who also reviewed the document, said in...
