UN votes to support map projection that accurately shows the size of Africa
Last year, the African Union pushed for wider adoption of the Equal Area… Tags: Africa , area , cartography , Guardian , projections
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Observable notebooks get a rewrite
Observable, known for visualization-centric notebooks to share code, restarted fresh to adjust for… Tags: notebook , Observable
вњљ Making a bunch of line charts
This week, I describe the many small choices one must make while working on a set of charts. Tags: behind the scenes
Estimating a much stronger than usual El Niño
For Climate.us, Emily Becker explains why it looks like El Niño is going… Tags: Climate.us , El Niño , estimation , NOAA
Terence Tao on the paradox of solving mathematical problems
Mathematician Terence Tao, a 2006 Fields Medal winner and professor at UCLA, discusses… Tags: Big Think , math , paradox , Terence Tao
Form a curve, make a pot
Imagine a pottery wheel that turns clay on an axis. A potter forms… Tags: curve , Karim Douïeb , pottery
Logistics of fueling aircraft and feeding sailors with a limited supply chain
There are thousands of crew members aboard U.S. warships in the Middle East.… Tags: Iran , logistics , New York Times , war
India enlists 3 million people to count the full population
Due to Covid, India’s census count is overdue by five years. But they’re… Tags: Bloomberg , census , India , population
A third of new webpages written with AI
It is trivial to generate bodies of text on infinite topics, so of… Tags: Internet , Pew Research , writing
Trustworthy data visualization
Kieran Healy, a professor of sociology at Duke University, gives an enjoyable lecture… Tags: Kieran Healy , trust
вњљ Seeing data from different perspectives
This week is about changing perspectives so we can find and visualize new insights. Tags: perspective
Uncounted heat-related deaths
The U.S Centers for Disease Control and Prevention count causes of death, and… Tags: Boston University , climate change , estimation , heat , mortality , NPR
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