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Interactive article explaining how a mechanical watch works.

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Are 25 year olds really more random than 60 year olds?

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Say what you will about circular visualization, but the spiral plays. This one from NASA shows global temperature change over time.

Statistics doesn’t have a Magna Carta, constitution, or bill of rights to enumerate laws, guiding principles, or limits of power.

Countries that got rich by spewing greenhouse gasses have a responsibility to cut emissions faster than those that didn’t.

Any dataset that can be quantified over time can be turned into a contest that is both exciting and (a little bit) enlightening.

Since the start of the year, Wordle has overtaken “crossword” (by 10x), “olympics” (2x) and even “covid” (1.5x) in Google Trends data.

Generate and export your own medieval village.

The 2021 edition of the annual survey about the latest trends in the JavaScript ecosystem.

Understand the state of data visualization, the people who make it, the challenges they face, and where the field is headed.

A complete reproduction and restoration of J. G. Heck and Spencer F. Baird’s collection of 13,000+ illustrations from 1851

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We invited mathematician and wordplay fan Ali Lloyd to share his thoughts on hit internet word game phenomenon Wordle.

After dozens of grueling hours of investigation, FiveThirtyEight can confirm that Punxsutawney Phil is a charlatan.