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Tariff tracker and economic effects
I guess we’re going to learn a good bit about tariffs over the next few years. Bloomberg is keeping track by target and possible impact. While WaPo used four tariff stages, Bloomberg goes with three:...
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Minard Day
Charles-Joseph Minard was born on March 27, 1781. Most who know the name associate it with Minard’s map of the Napoleon Russian campaign, but that work came later in life, post-retirement, at the ripe...
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Secret Base offers a much too complete history of slipping on banana peels, dating back to May 28, 1867. Beware of banana peels. They are capable of inflicting great physical harm. Even worse, they...
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Economic impact of federal health research cuts
The Science & Community Impacts Mapping Project (SCIMap) estimates the impact of proposed funding cuts to the National Institutes of Health (NIH) across the United States: We source our data from a...
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When the baby will be born
Maggie Appleton is at the point in her pregnancy when there’s a lot of waiting, so she’s her downtime to look at pregnancy statistics. Based on a 2001 study, she made an interactive chart that lets you...
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Science of the loud sneeze, illustrated
Some people sneeze very loudly. For the Washington Post, Teddy Amenabar, Álvaro Valiño, and Artur Galocha used animated illustrations to show what brings that on, along with tips on how to sneeze...
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Changing income benefits between college and no college
As you might expect, there is a big income difference between those with college degrees and those with none. But there’s been a shift lately. For Bloomberg Businessweek, Dorothy Gambrell and Marie...
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Trade imbalance explained with charts
The Wall Street Journal has a handful of charts that briefly explain trade deficits and imbalance, which were used to calculate the recent “liberation” tariffs. A trade deficit is the difference...
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Visualized plans to reduce homelessness
With Streets to Stability, Crankstart illustrates a plan to reduce homelessness in San Francisco: This report outlines 12 specific recommendations to improve the way people enter the system, the...
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Families with money in the stock market
Based on data from the Survey of Consumer Finances, 58% of families have money in the stock market, either directly or through mutual funds or retirement accounts. The percentage has been rising over...
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