Here’s How America Uses Its Land
The 48 contiguous states alone are a 1.9 billion-acre jigsaw puzzle of cities, farms, forests and pastures.
Are Pop Lyrics Getting More Repetitive?
Measuring repetition in song lyrics over time using a compression algorithm
Women's Pockets are Inferior.
If you wear women's clothes, you already know this. But now we've got the data to show it.
Notre-Dame came far closer to collapsing than people knew. This is how it was saved.
An Introduction to Scrollama.js
The what, why, and how to use scrollama.js for your next scrollytelling story.
Election 2015 interactive: what did the opinion polls say about your seat?
Find out who was leading the race in your constituency, according to the final polls. The map shows which party was expected to win each of the 650 seats, which might change hands, and which were the battleground seats with a projected margin of less than 5%. The constituencies are scaled so each seat has the same area
Kunnen we de wereld eigenlijk wel voeden?
Hoe voeden we in 2050 tien miljard mensen met een beperkt landbouwoppervlak, toenemende verstedelijking en welvaart en een veranderend klimaat? Een interactieve weergave van de feiten.
‘How Many Funerals Will Come Out of This One?’
Siouxsie Wiles & Toby Morris: How you can break the Covid-19 chain
The alert system signals the start of a new phase in NZ's battle against Covid-19. Siouxsie Wiles explains what it means, with illustrations by Toby Morris. The Spinoff’s ongoing expert-led, evidence-based coverage of Covid-19 is funded by Spinoff Members. To support this work, join Spinoff M
How the Virus Got Out
We analyzed the movements of hundreds of millions of people to show why the most extensive travel restrictions to stop an outbreak in human history haven’t been enough.
Why EU Regions are Redrawing Their Borders
The EU dedicates a third of its budget to less economically developed regions for investments in infrastructure. Yet when regions improve economically, they no longer qualify for the same amount of funding. As a type of statistical gerrymandering, governors of these regions have redrawn their borders in order to keep the money flowing.
One belt, one road
A ribbon of road, rail and energy projects to help increase trade
Greetings from Mars
Exploring today's weather on Mars and in your area with the Curiosity Rover.
How the Recession Reshaped the Economy, in 255 Charts
Five years since the end of the Great Recession, the private sector has finally regained the nine million jobs it lost. But not all industries recovered equally.