The EEA has spent 25 years providing the information and analysis needed for a sustainable future. By recognising the complex nature of environmental and climate challenges, the EEA try to...

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We live-scraped Twitter during the Great British Bake Off finale to see what the great British public had to say about the biggest show of the summer.

William Shakespeare coined these 300 words and phrases over 400 years ago. How often do we still use them?

FlowingData explores how statisticians, designers, data scientists, and others use analysis, visualization, and exploration to understand data and ourselves. As for me, I'm Nathan Yau and I have...

This is an interactive information design that maps the genetic proximity of languages after you select the language you speak. It gives a set of languages that is closest and furthest in genetic...

Resurfacing the Past is a data-driven story that explores the naval history of World War II. Underpinning the story is a manually curated dataset of more than 15,000 sunken ships. By visualizing...

I had just moved to Singapore in Jun 2018. I remember there was a night when I took the subway back home at around 10 PM. Nearly half of the people on the subway were just coming back from work....

"Deep Space" is based on a hypothetically developed vision of the future on the planet Mars in the year 2100, assuming a dystopian past of the planet Earth and humanity and defining it as a search...

By analysing over 1,250 attempted transactions – both successful and failed – we can observe the ebb and flow of Chinese investments and contracts. Momentum has grown since 2010 with the energy and...

The following interactive visualization encourages the user to explore the sediment volumes trapped within California’s constellation of reservoirs. Sediment composes the material infrastructure...

Deciding where to live in one of the most diverse states in the nation is no easy task. “The best town in N.J. … for you!” helps readers find their new hometowns through a variety of factors. The...

Infographic style visual showing how the housing market crash swept throughout the USA, along with the subsequent recovery.

Over the past two decades, governments around the world have responded to climate change through various initiatives and policies, with carbon pricing at the forefront. This graphic maps 70...

Health insurance companies buy prescription drugs the way U.S. consumers buy cars: There’s the sticker price (which few people actually pay) and there’s the negotiated price.

"Nation Master", a website dedicated to collecting statistics published around the world, managed to create an alternative list of things that countries excel in - a list that will not glorify...

While living in Seattle, I rode to and from Fremont every day on the Burke Gilman bike trail. Little did I know that everytime I went past NE 70th St, I (along with everyone else) was being...

How much is a trillion dollars? Exactly. Who knows? Nobody. But here are a load of trillion dollar values visualized so you can at least *see* what $trillion looks like.

Pele is the most important Brazilian football player in history. To celebrate the 50th anniversary of Pelé's 1000th goal, we compare the goals scored by him, Leonel Messi and Cristiano Ronaldo each...

Data on deaths from road accidents in different European countries are encrypted here in the form of an ornate plant motif - to drag the attention to Vision Zero program of the road safety.

After Donald Trump wrote on Twitter that it would be easy win a trade war against China, we created an interactive game that explores that claim. Our project introduces readers to classic game...

An infographic on California's dry spell that plots data from the Palmer Hydrological Drought Index, a soil-moisture algorithm designed to measure the long-term impact of drought. The graph focuses...

When the world wide web was first released publicly in 1991, it was quickly adopted. As technology advanced and its benefits became clear, many people started integrating the online world into...

From the mundane to the unexpected, here is a look at products that businesses associated with the Republican presidential nominee have imported since 2007.

Comparing the different types of space usage in Berlin, it soon becomes clear: It's a political question how much space the city is willing to use for what purpose. Are forests more important, or...

In celebration of the start of the Rio 2016 Olympic Games this month, Visa looks back look back at major historical and cultural milestones in the Olympic and Paralympic Games since 1986.

Wagashi 和菓子 are traditional Japanese sweets comprised of mochi, anko, and/or fruit. Visualization includes analysis of economical components, popularity and comparison with other Japanese...

Each year, 1 in every 20 Americans racks up just as much in medical bills as another 19 combined. This critical five percent of the U.S. population is key to solving the nation's health care...

How long does it take to catch the most wanted criminals in America? In this viz I dive into the history of the FBIs most wanted list and how long the suspects remained wanted.

To design this dashboard I tried to put myself in the shoes of a decision-maker in charge of making choices about the future of his country. I aim to create a tool capable of displaying the values...