What Olympic Winter Sport Should You Play? [FLOWCHART]

Now that you’ve decided to be a Winter Olympics champion, which sport should you play? There’s a multitude of options, but once you pick one and work at it, the outcome is unforgettable: you, standing on top of the podium, gleaming medal around your neck, national anthem blasting in the air. Getting to that point,… Continue reading What Olympic Winter Sport Should You Play? [FLOWCHART]

Flickr Celebrates 10th Birthday and 1 Million Photos Uploaded per Day With Historical Timeline

Flickr just celebrated its 10th birthday and a decade of hosting images. Flickr originally launched at the O’Reilly Emerging Tech conference back on February 10, 2004. In March of 2004, Flickr raised its upload limit to 1 MB per photo. Not long after introducing tags and comments for photos, Flickr was acquired by Yahoo in… Continue reading Flickr Celebrates 10th Birthday and 1 Million Photos Uploaded per Day With Historical Timeline

Poverty and Hidden Everyday Violence in the Developing World

Feeling safe is easy to take for granted when living in a developed nation, but for much of the developing world- especially for the poor- living in fear is the norm. In his newest book, The Locust Effect, Gary A. Haugen shines a light on the violence that saturates the lives of the impoverished. Aside… Continue reading Poverty and Hidden Everyday Violence in the Developing World

The Math Behind Social Networks [COMIC]

Have you ever been on Google+ and felt like it was just like Facebook but minus your friends? It turns out there are some simple mathematical equations you can use to calculate any social network. Take Instagram for example, which equates to Flickr + food. Or how Quora is like Yahoo Answers by people with… Continue reading The Math Behind Social Networks [COMIC]

How Much Snow Does It Take to Cancel School across the US?

As mere inches of snow cripple the South, snow-adjusted northerners have been chuckling and shrugging their shoulders in bafflement. When it comes to snow in the United States, some just know how to deal with it better than others. To demonstrate just how much cold weather culture varies across the U.S, Reddit user atrubetskoy mapped… Continue reading How Much Snow Does It Take to Cancel School across the US?

State of the Union 2014: The Nation’s Reactions, Visualized [INTERACTIVE]

As President Obama delivered the 2014 State of the Union address to Congress last night, the world took to social media to tweet quotes, express their agreement and disagreement and post their own concerns with the nation. To help us understand the hot button issues we face today in the U.S, data visualization scientist Nicolas… Continue reading State of the Union 2014: The Nation’s Reactions, Visualized [INTERACTIVE]

100 Famous Movie Quotes Visualized as Infographics

To celebrate its 100-year anniversary, the American Film Institute named the 100 most memorable quotes from American cinema. So data visualist Nathan Yau of Flowing Data also decided it would be fun to visualize each quote in an infographic poster and it’s “The stuff that dreams are made of.” You can find some of the… Continue reading 100 Famous Movie Quotes Visualized as Infographics

A Journey from Bean to Cup: Where Does Coffee Come from?

How does a typical coffee bean go from the ground to your mug? Coffee seeds are usually planted in large beds of shaded nurseries and take about nine months to sprout. In general coffee beans grow in the Bean Belt or warmer tropical climates. The fruit of coffee trees are called cherries, which are processed… Continue reading A Journey from Bean to Cup: Where Does Coffee Come from?