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There are a lot of tools to visualize data. Some are visualization-specific. Some are tools that let you make charts but are focused on other data things. New apps come out with new features that promise new things. This can make it tricky to find the best visualization tool. Tags: writing
To capture solar energy for use in the evening, batteries have grown in Tags: batteries , electricity , New York Times
When you analyze data, there are times when a trend, pattern, or outlier jumps out and smacks you in the face. Or, you might calculate results that seem surprising. Maybe they're real, but maybe not. Tags: analysis , error , questions
Imagine that you try to do something and there's a 20% chance of success. If you try to do the thing six times, what is the probability that you succeed at least once? Tags: Andrew Huberman , binomial , probability , simulation
Based on data from NASAs Stratospheric Observatory For Infrared Astronomy (SOFIA), Villanova University Tags: magnetic fields , Milky Way , NASA , Strange Maps
PerThirtySix made a communal plot that asks for your opinion via scatterplot and Tags: PerThirtySix , sharing , social
From the oldie-but-goodie department, this fun program uses a genetic algorithm to drive Tags: algorithm , optimization
For Reuters, Mariano Zafra, Anurag Rao, and Jon McClure describe how bird flu Tags: bird flu , Reuters
We get 24 hours in a day. How do we spend this time? How does our time use change as we get older and priorities shift? Tags: age , time use
Maybe one day AI tools will be advanced enough to process a random dataset and produce valuable insights that incorporate the context of the real world. That day is not today. Tags: AI , generative , mashup
Stephen Wolfram gets into modeling biological evolution: Why does biological evolution work? And, Tags: evolution , machine learning , modeling , Stephen Wolfram
You mightve heard a little something about AI these past few months. If Tags: AI , ethics , Hack Club , Nicky Case
Its been over 200 years since the cicadas of Brood XIII and Brood Tags: Cicada , New York Times
The cicadas are coming. This year is unique, because there are two broods Tags: Cicada , CNN
Marc Benioff, the CEO of Salesforce, set out to plant and conserve 1 Tags: Bloomberg , Marc Benioff , scale , trees
The TikTok account Globetrots combines Google Earth and text-to-speech to show top-ten lists Tags: AI , generative , listicle , storytelling , TikTok
In our younger years, we have school and more important things to do, but then we get older and there are bills to pay. Tags: time use , work
Knowing what's next can help you work through a tedious step, because you know it'll be worth it. Tags: steps
A deeply insightful map from xkcd. See also: 19 maps that will blow Tags: humor , xkcd
Based on estimates from the Crowd Counting Consortium, the Washington Post shows the Tags: college , protest , Washington Post
Reddit user ChangsManagement mapped where NHL hockey players were born, based on data Tags: birth , NHL
Daniel Shiffman, who you might know from his enthusiastic YouTube channel The Coding Tags: Daniel Shiffman
The Pudding ran an experiment that asked people to trace a shape. They Tags: drawing , Pudding
Hong Kong banned single-use plastics often used for food takeaway containers. For South Tags: garbage , plastic , scale , South China Morning Post
Here are the useful tools and resources that came out of April. Tags: roundup
The Marshall Project highlights research on excess mortality in U.S. prisons: The slowdown Tags: Marshall Project , mortality , pandemic
Sleepy time varies as responsibilities shift. Tags: sleep , time use
One of the challenges of understanding the weight of climate change is that Tags: climate change , future , Tardigrade
Using a series of graphics, Reuters explains Israels defense against rockets, also known Tags: defense , Israel , missile , Reuters
For The Upshot, Emily Badger and Francesca Paris compare the rates of existing Tags: mortgage , Upshot
Small changes over time or small differences between categories can easily look insignificant, even if they're worth noting in real life. Here are chart options for you. Tags: change , difference , small
Two-thirds of adults get at least 7 hours of sleep. I am not in that two-thirds. Tags: rest , sleep
There are packages to make cartograms, but in some cases you might need a more flexible solution. Tags: R
In 1942, Franklin Delano Roosevelt mandated that those of Japanese descent be sent Tags: census , Japantown , racism , San Francisco Chronicle
For Bloomberg, Daniela Sirtori, Madeline Campbell, and Marie Patino do some product counting: Tags: Bloomberg , ingredient , safety
I missed this announcement at the end of last year: Sherwood Media, LLC Tags: acquisition , Chartr , Sherwood
The National Longitudinal Surveys from the Bureau of Labor Statistics are unique in Tags: Alvin Chang , development , Pudding , teenager
A decade and a half ago, I wrote the first edition of Visualize Tags: writing
NatureQuant processes and analyzes satellite imagery to quantify peoples access to nature. They Tags: cities , nature , NatureQuant , satellite imagery , Washington Post
From xkcd, a Rube Goldberg machine that keeps on going. Edit a cell Tags: Rube Goldberg machine , xkcd
Maybe you heard theres a total eclipse happening today. AirDNA mapped Airbnb occupancy Tags: Airbnb , AirDNA , eclipse
The easystats R package in on my to-try list. easystats is a collection Tags: package , R
Show all the data at once so that you can see a full trend efficiently, but show a bit at a time and show how the data builds. Tags: interaction , play
Joanie Lemercier used a grid of spinning paddles that turn with the wind. Tags: Joanie Lemercier , physical , wind
Alexander Miller wrote a fable of emergence that combines Conways Game of Life Tags: Alexander Miller , fable , Game of Life
It continues to get easier to take someones face and put that person Tags: AI , ethics , porn , The Markup
OpenAI previewed Voice Engine, a model to generate voices that mimic, using just Tags: ethics , generative , OpenAI , voice
For Knowing Machines, an ongoing research project that examines the innards of machine Tags: bias , Knowing Machines , LAION-5B , machine learning
Alasdair Rae outlines the basics of visualizing basketball shot data with QGIS, an Tags: Alasdair Rae , basketball , QGIS
I collect visualization tools and learning resources and then round them up at the end of each month. Here's the good stuff for March. Tags: roundup