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Center the map on the country you want
Speaking of maps centered on specific countries, Engaging Data made an interactive map that lets you select the country and projection to see how the view shifts. World maps are used to show the...
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Sinking land in U.S. cities
Land is sinking, or subsiding, at a slow rate of millimeters per year. For the Washington Post, Kasha Patel and Naema Ahmed report on the new research by Ohenhen, L.O., Zhai, G., Lucy, J. et al....
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Map of an upside down world
While we’re on maps oriented in unfamiliar ways, Robert Simmon made an upside down world map as a reminder that there is no real top or bottom on this planet. We’re just a spinning globe floating...
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MVP honors dominated by international NBA players
Kirk Goldsberry plotted MVP winners in the NBA, by nationality. Shai Gilgeous-Alexander from Canada won this year, which makes that seven years in a row for international players. I guess it’s not that...
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Lower science funding so far in 2025
With a circular voronoi diagram, NYT’s the Upshot shows a much slower rate of funding from the National Science Foundation, through May 21. The full cells show the average funding over the past decade...
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Fading lights in Ukraine mapped
Ukraine has suffered ongoing damage to their power infrastructure since the invasion began. Bloomberg mapped the damage through the lens of lights from above. A Bloomberg News analysis of satellite...
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Education as an export
The administration is making it more difficult if not impossible for foreign students to attend college and universities in the United States. Catherine Rampell, for Washington Post Opinion, argues...
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Schools with the most international students
As the administration tries to block international students from attending Harvard University, NYT’s the Upshot charted the schools with the highest percentage of international students. I don’t know...
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Pay more taxes and receive less
The Congressional Budget Office published a report estimating effects on household income if the GOP’s budget reconciliation bill pushes through. The poor and middle class will effectively net less in...
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Data-driven story on the first vaccine
As we enter a time when people question the usefulness of vaccines, even though there are clear benefits, Neil Halloran revisits a time when vaccines did not exist. With a mix of charts, information...
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