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August 2015 graphics

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Choropleth map of the US showing Twitter usage frequency of the slang term 'on fleek' by county in November 2014, with darker purple indicating higher uses per million words.

Maps 2015-08-02

(On) Fleek — Twitter Slang Usage Map, Nov 2014

From The Week In Data: E-Waste, High School Musicals, And Police Chases by Hannah Fingerhut

Choropleth world map showing e-waste production by country, with darker shades indicating higher production, created by Jacopo Ottaviani using CartoDB.

Maps 2015-08-02

E-waste production in the world

From The Week In Data: E-Waste, High School Musicals, And Police Chases by Hannah Fingerhut

Color-coded map of NYC subway stations south of Central Park showing relative heat levels from cooler to hotter, measured on July 29, 2015.

Maps 2015-08-02

Sweaty Subway Stations — WNYC Heat Map

From The Week In Data: E-Waste, High School Musicals, And Police Chases by Hannah Fingerhut

Color-coded ranked lists showing the top 6 most popular high school musicals by decade from the 1960s through the 2010s, color-coded by era written.

Tables 2015-08-02

The Most Popular High School Musicals, By Decade

From The Week In Data: E-Waste, High School Musicals, And Police Chases by Hannah Fingerhut

US total police pursuit deaths infographic showing 11,506 total dead, breakdown by Police/Fleeing Driver/Non-violator, and top counties table.

Tables 2015-08-02

US Total: Breakdown of Deaths in Police Pursuits

From The Week In Data: E-Waste, High School Musicals, And Police Chases by Hannah Fingerhut

Scatter plot showing presidential candidates' primary performance versus money raised through June of the previous year, with notable candidates labeled.

Charts 2015-08-03

The Predictiveness Of Early Campaign Fundraising

From There’s No Perfect Way To Sort The Candidates For A Primary Debate by Harry Enten

Scatter plot showing candidates' primary performance versus their share of endorsement points through 189 days before the Iowa Caucus, with labeled data points for notable candidates.

Charts 2015-08-03

The Predictiveness Of Early Endorsements

From There’s No Perfect Way To Sort The Candidates For A Primary Debate by Harry Enten

Scatter plot showing candidates' primary performance versus their February to July Iowa polling average in the previous year, with labeled notable candidates.

Charts 2015-08-03

The Predictiveness Of Early Iowa Polls

From There’s No Perfect Way To Sort The Candidates For A Primary Debate by Harry Enten

Scatter plot showing candidates' primary performance versus their February to July national polling average in the previous year, with labeled data points for notable candidates.

Charts 2015-08-03

The Predictiveness Of Early National Polls

From There’s No Perfect Way To Sort The Candidates For A Primary Debate by Harry Enten

Scatter plot showing candidates' primary performance versus their February to July New Hampshire polling average in the previous year, with labeled notable candidates.

Charts 2015-08-03

The Predictiveness Of Early New Hampshire Polls

From There’s No Perfect Way To Sort The Candidates For A Primary Debate by Harry Enten

Scatter plot showing Super PAC funding concentration for presidential candidates, plotting amount raised vs. percentage of contributions from top 5% of donors.

Charts 2015-08-03

Presidential Super PACs Are Heavy At The Top

From There’s Top-Heavy Super PACs, And There’s Super Top-Heavy Super PACs by Aaron Bycoffe

Bar chart titled OGS 5 showing percent by risk score from 0 to 13, with values ranging from 9% at score 0 to 100% at score 13, and a highlighted region around score 6.

Charts 2015-08-04

OGS 5 — Percent by Risk Score

From Should Prison Sentences Be Based On Crimes That Haven’t Been Committed Yet? by Anna Maria Barry-Jester, Ben Casselman, Dana Goldstein

Table 10 showing scales by Offense Gravity Score (OGS 1 through 9-14) with rows for Gender, County, Age, Current offense, Number of Prior Arrests, Prior Offense Type, Multiple charges, PRS, and Prior juv. Adjud.

Tables 2015-08-04

Table 10 Scales by Offense Gravity Score

From Should Prison Sentences Be Based On Crimes That Haven’t Been Committed Yet? by Anna Maria Barry-Jester, Ben Casselman, Dana Goldstein

Yellow-tinted editorial infographic showing firefighters walking in a line with large white text reading 12 Percent overlaid on the image.

Other 2015-08-04

12 Percent — Firefighter Infographic

From Significant Digits For Tuesday, Aug. 4, 2015 by Walt Hickey

Line chart showing change in expected World Series titles for 2015-2021 for the Royals, Blue Jays, and Tigers based on wins of talent added or subtracted at the 2015 trade deadline.

Charts 2015-08-04

Doing Something Is Better Than Doing Nothing

From Did Your Team Blow It At The Trade Deadline? by Neil Paine, Nate Silver

Line chart showing playoff odds and World Series odds by wins of true talent at baseball trade deadline, with playoff odds reaching nearly 100% at 110 wins.

Charts 2015-08-04

There's No Such Thing As 'Too Much' Talent

From Did Your Team Blow It At The Trade Deadline? by Neil Paine, Nate Silver

FiveThirtyEight table showing MLB teams ranked by the Doyle Number, indicating how many future wins a team should trade for one current season win, with columns for talent wins, playoff chances, and World Series odds.

Tables 2015-08-04

To Buy Or To Sell? The Doyle Number for MLB Teams

From Did Your Team Blow It At The Trade Deadline? by Neil Paine, Nate Silver

Color-coded table showing the Doyle Number for baseball teams based on wins of talent per 162 games and chance of making the Division Series.

Tables 2015-08-04

What's Your Team's Doyle Number?

From Did Your Team Blow It At The Trade Deadline? by Neil Paine, Nate Silver

Yellow-tinted Halo video game artwork overlaid with large white text reading $1 Million, referencing an esports prize amount.

Other 2015-08-05

$1 Million — Halo Esports Prize Infographic

From Significant Digits For Wednesday, Aug. 5, 2015 by Walt Hickey

Dot-and-line chart showing record times in days to climb Colorado's 14,000-foot peaks from 1960 to 2015, with Andrew Hamilton holding the lowest record near 10 days.

Charts 2015-08-05

Andrew Hamilton Is The Best: Record times to climb Colorado's 14,000-foot peaks

From Meet The Maniac Who Scaled 58 Peaks In Less Than 10 Days by Christie Aschwanden

Stacked bar chart showing total hours spent hiking and transitioning by Andrew Hamilton and others across five record attempts from 1995 to 2015.

Charts 2015-08-05

No Sleep For Andrew Hamilton

From Meet The Maniac Who Scaled 58 Peaks In Less Than 10 Days by Christie Aschwanden

Scatter plot showing the percentage of boys vs girls with at least 3 HPV shots by US state, with dot color indicating chance of at least one vaccinated person in heterosexual couples.

Charts 2015-08-05

HPV Vaccination And Herd Immunity

From States Vary Enormously On HPV Vaccination Rates by Leah Libresco

Editorial infographic displaying $24 Million in large white text over a yellow-tinted photo of two political figures.

Other 2015-08-06

$24 Million

From Significant Digits For Thursday, Aug. 6, 2015 by Walt Hickey

Table showing fringe Republican candidates with less than 5% endorsement points but at least 20% of the Iowa vote, listing their share of popular vote in Iowa, N.H., and nationally.

Tables 2015-08-06

Fringe Candidates Who Hit Their Ceiling

From Donald Trump’s Six Stages Of Doom by Nate Silver

Scatter plot showing Republican candidates' polling averages versus minutes of ABC/CBS/NBC evening news coverage in first 7 months of 2015, with Trump as an outlier at top right.

Charts 2015-08-06

Republican Polls Closely Match Media Coverage

From Donald Trump’s Six Stages Of Doom by Nate Silver

Line chart showing the occupation of Daily Show guests by year from 1999 to 2015, tracking Acting/Comedy/Music, Media, and Government and Politics categories.

Charts 2015-08-06

Who Got To Be On 'The Daily Show'? Occupation of guests, by year

From Every Guest Jon Stewart Ever Had On ‘The Daily Show’ by Walt Hickey

Infographic ranking 2015 Republican debate candidates by Public Statement Ideology Score from least to most conservative, with portrait illustrations and numbered scores.

Other 2015-08-06

The Republican Debates: Round 1 — Ideology Scores

From Live Coverage Of The First Republican Debate

Yellow-tinted editorial infographic showing a child facing a large orca whale with the statistic 84 percent displayed in large white text.

Other 2015-08-07

84 Percent — Orca/SeaWorld Infographic

From Significant Digits For Friday, Aug. 7, 2015 by Walt Hickey

Line chart showing seasonally adjusted hourly earnings change from a year earlier for all workers and non-managers from 2008 to 2015, both hovering around 2% in recent years.

Charts 2015-08-07

Hourly Earnings, Change From A Year Earlier

From Don’t Forget The Workers The Recovery Is Leaving Behind by Ben Casselman

Line chart showing seasonally adjusted long-term and short-term unemployment in millions from 2005 to 2015, with blue line for six months or less and red line for more than six months.

Charts 2015-08-07

Long- And Short-Term Unemployment

From Don’t Forget The Workers The Recovery Is Leaving Behind by Ben Casselman

Line chart showing seasonally adjusted non-agricultural jobs change from a year earlier, comparing total and private sector jobs from 2010 to 2015.

Charts 2015-08-07

Non-Agricultural Jobs, Change From A Year Earlier

From Don’t Forget The Workers The Recovery Is Leaving Behind by Ben Casselman

Line chart showing seasonally adjusted U.S. unemployment and underemployment rates from 2008 to 2015, with both rates peaking around 2010 and declining thereafter.

Charts 2015-08-07

Unemployment And Underemployment Rates

From Don’t Forget The Workers The Recovery Is Leaving Behind by Ben Casselman

Horizontal bar chart showing U.S. unemployment rates by education level in July 2015, ranging from 8.3% for no high school diploma to 2.6% for a bachelor's degree.

Charts 2015-08-07

Unemployment Rate By Education, July 2015

From Don’t Forget The Workers The Recovery Is Leaving Behind by Ben Casselman

Line chart showing seasonally adjusted unemployment rates by race and ethnicity (Black, Latino, White) from 2005 to 2015, with all groups peaking around 2010.

Charts 2015-08-07

Unemployment Rates By Race And Ethnicity

From Don’t Forget The Workers The Recovery Is Leaving Behind by Ben Casselman

Table showing trust and distrust percentages for six news networks among Republicans and Democrats, with Fox News most trusted by Republicans at 80%.

Tables 2015-08-07

Republicans Are Skeptical Of Most Media But They Trust Fox News

From Donald Trump Won’t Win A War Against Fox News by Nate Silver

Line chart comparing Kansas City's actual win percentage to Fangraphs projected rest-of-season win percentage from April through August 2015.

Charts 2015-08-07

KC's Success Hasn't Moved The Projections

From Is 2015 The Year Baseball’s Projections Failed? by Neil Paine, Rob Arthur

Line chart showing the share of variance in MLB team records explained by binomial luck from 1996 to 2015, with a sharp spike near 65% in 2015.

Charts 2015-08-07

Luck Has Spiked In MLB

From Is 2015 The Year Baseball’s Projections Failed? by Neil Paine, Rob Arthur

Scatter plot with trend line showing the declining coefficient of determination between actual and preseason predicted MLB wins across all teams by season from 1996 to 2014.

Charts 2015-08-07

MLB Projections Are Getting Worse

From Is 2015 The Year Baseball’s Projections Failed? by Neil Paine, Rob Arthur

Horizontal bar chart showing when Katie Ledecky's personal records in five swimming distances would have been the fastest times ever recorded by any human, spanning from the 1980s back to the 1950s.

Charts 2015-08-07

Katie Ledecky, Time-Traveler

From Somebody Get Katie Ledecky A Time Machine by Benjamin Morris

Six small multiples showing Katie Ledecky's personal record progression in freestyle swimming events (50m, 100m, 200m, 400m, 800m, 1500m) from 2011 to 2015.

Charts 2015-08-07

Ledecky Improving At All Distances

From Somebody Get Katie Ledecky A Time Machine by Benjamin Morris

Six small multiples comparing Katie Ledecky's personal record progression (red) against the men's world record progression (blue) for freestyle swimming events from 50m to 1500m, spanning 1900 to present.

Charts 2015-08-07

Ledecky vs. History: Personal Record Progression vs. Men's World Records

From Somebody Get Katie Ledecky A Time Machine by Benjamin Morris

Bar chart comparing racial breakdown of Homan Square arrestees (82.1% Black, 6.7% Hispanic, 8.5% White) versus Chicago population (32.9% Black, 28.9% Hispanic, 31.7% White).

Charts 2015-08-09

Arrestees taken to Homan Square are 82.1% black

From The Week In Data: Spam, Sweat And Sperm by Mona Chalabi

Grouped bar chart comparing suicide rates per 100,000 for local jail inmates versus U.S. residents from 2000 to 2013, showing jail rates consistently much higher.

Charts 2015-08-09

Rates of suicide for local jail inmates and U.S. residents, per 100,000

From The Week In Data: Spam, Sweat And Sperm by Mona Chalabi

Three-panel editorial infographic with US map icons highlighting regional natural disaster stories: Slow-Motion Catastrophe, Mud and Fire, and Take Cover.

Maps 2015-08-09

Regional Natural Disaster Stories: Slow-Motion Catastrophe, Mud and Fire, Take Cover

From The Week In Data: Spam, Sweat And Sperm by Mona Chalabi

Area chart showing USA fertility rate by age for 1933, with a total fertility rate of 2.01, peaking around age 23.

Charts 2015-08-09

USA Fertility Over Time — Year: 1933 Total Fertility Rate: 2.01

From The Week In Data: Spam, Sweat And Sperm by Mona Chalabi

Editorial infographic showing $26.2 million in large white text over a yellow-tinted image of a rocky creature from the Fantastic Four film.

Other 2015-08-10

$26.2 Million — Fantastic Four Box Office Infographic

From Significant Digits For Monday, Aug. 10, 2015 by Walt Hickey

Choropleth map of New York City showing share of Uber pickups versus yellow and green cab pickups by census tract, April–September 2014, with outer boroughs more purple and Manhattan more orange.

Maps 2015-08-10

New York City's Edges Are Uber-Heavy

From Uber Is Serving New York’s Outer Boroughs More Than Taxis Are by Carl Bialik, Andrew Flowers, Reuben Fischer-Baum, Dhrumil Mehta

Line chart comparing Uber and NYC taxi ride percentages by hour of day from April through September 2014, showing Uber peaks sharply during the evening rush.

Charts 2015-08-10

Uber Is Busiest At The Evening Rush

From Uber Is Serving New York’s Outer Boroughs More Than Taxis Are by Carl Bialik, Andrew Flowers, Reuben Fischer-Baum, Dhrumil Mehta

Choropleth map of New York City showing percentage of Uber, yellow cab, and green cab pickups by census tract from April through September 2014, with Manhattan and airports highlighted.

Maps 2015-08-10

Where Cars Pick Up Passengers

From Uber Is Serving New York’s Outer Boroughs More Than Taxis Are by Carl Bialik, Andrew Flowers, Reuben Fischer-Baum, Dhrumil Mehta

Canadian flag design made entirely of red human figure icons, with a maple leaf shape formed by people in the center panel.

Other 2015-08-11

Canada Population Infographic - Human Figure Flag

From What We Don’t Know About Canada Might Hurt Us by Ben Casselman

Green-tinted editorial infographic showing a USPS mail carrier with large white text reading $586 Million overlaid on the image.

Other 2015-08-11

$586 Million — USPS Infographic

From Significant Digits For Tuesday, Aug. 11, 2015 by Walt Hickey

Dot-and-stem chart showing Donkey Kong world record score progression for Emulator and Arcade categories from 2009 to 2015, with a calculated max score line at 1,265,000.

Charts 2015-08-11

Chasing The Highest Score: Donkey Kong World Record Progression

From The Last Kings Of Kong by David Goldenberg

Scatter plot showing campaign spending rate vs share of fundraising by super PACs for 2016 presidential candidates, with Perry highest on both axes.

Charts 2015-08-11

High-Spending Perry Will Rely On Super PACs

From Rick Perry’s Low-Budget Campaign Needs Super PACs To Survive by Aaron Bycoffe

Bar chart showing daily Legionellosis case counts in the South Bronx from 07/08/2015 to 08/09/2015, peaking at 9 cases on 07/23/2015.

Charts 2015-08-11

Legionellosis Cluster in the South Bronx

From What A Bar Graph Can Tell Us About The Legionnaires’ Outbreak In New York by Anna Maria Barry-Jester

Bold white text reading 174 PERCENT overlaid on a green-tinted leafy vegetable background, communicating a single large statistic.

Tables 2015-08-12

174 Percent

From Significant Digits For Wednesday, Aug. 12, 2015 by Walt Hickey

Ranked table of Modern Golf's Greatest Seasons by average z-score across PGA Tour tournaments from 1970-2015, showing top 20 player seasons with Tiger Woods and Jack Nicklaus dominating.

Tables 2015-08-12

Modern Golf's Greatest Seasons

From Win Or Lose At The PGA, Jordan Spieth Is Having One Of Golf’s Greatest Seasons by Andrew Mooney

Editorial graphic with a yellow-tinted photo of two women and large text reading 40 Interns, referencing a data point about unpaid internships.

Other 2015-08-13

40 Interns

From Significant Digits For Thursday, Aug. 13, 2015 by Walt Hickey

Horizontal bar chart showing the top cancers by percentage of all U.S. cancer deaths in 2013, with lung cancer leading at 27%.

Charts 2015-08-13

The Cancers That Kill The Most People

From What Does It Mean To Die Of Natural Causes? by Mona Chalabi

Horizontal bar chart showing the most common causes of natural death as a percentage of all U.S. deaths in 2013, led by heart disease at 24% and cancer at 23%.

Charts 2015-08-13

The Most Common Causes Of 'Natural' Death

From What Does It Mean To Die Of Natural Causes? by Mona Chalabi

Horizontal bar chart showing the most common causes of non-natural death in the U.S. in 2013 as a percentage, led by accidental poisoning at 20%.

Charts 2015-08-13

The Most Common Causes Of 'Non-Natural' Death

From What Does It Mean To Die Of Natural Causes? by Mona Chalabi

Dark-themed map of the United States and surrounding regions showing numerous red location pin markers clustered across major cities.

Maps 2015-08-13

US Location Pin Map with City Labels

From Podcast: We Still Rely On Volunteers To Tally The Victims Of Police Violence by Jody Avirgan

Table ranking 236 MLB pitchers by Nash Score measuring evenness of pitch value across their repertoire, showing weighted pitches, overall value, top two pitches, frequency, and relative value for 2013-15.

Tables 2015-08-13

Which Pitchers Are Optimizing Their Arsenals?

From Game Theory Says R.A. Dickey Should Throw More Knuckleballs by Neil Paine

Yellow-tinted photo of hands on a steering wheel overlaid with large white text reading 70.1 percent.

Other 2015-08-14

70.1 Percent

From Significant Digits For Friday, Aug. 14, 2015 by Walt Hickey

Bar chart showing the number of male and female biopic subjects per year across 676 biopics since 1915, with male subjects consistently outnumbering female subjects.

Charts 2015-08-14

Biopic Subjects Are Mostly Male

From ‘Straight Outta Compton’ Is The Rare Biopic Not About White Dudes by Hannah Fingerhut

Bar chart showing the number of white, nonwhite, and unknown subjects in 676 biopics from 1915 to the 2010s, with white subjects dominating throughout.

Charts 2015-08-14

Biopic Subjects Are Mostly White

From ‘Straight Outta Compton’ Is The Rare Biopic Not About White Dudes by Hannah Fingerhut

Dot plot showing estimated total WAR contributed per MLB GM per year from 1995-2013, with Dombrowski highlighted as the 6th-best GM.

Charts 2015-08-14

Dombrowski Is One Of The Best GMs In Baseball

From MLB’s Best Free Agent Doesn’t Play Baseball by Rob Arthur

Icon-based infographic showing deadly police shootings by month in 2015, with orange figures highlighting the 24 Black and unarmed victims among all victims shown in gray.

Other 2015-08-16

Deadly Shootings by Police by Month, 2015

From The Week In Data: Ferguson by Mona Chalabi

Grid of cards showing individuals killed by police, listing name, age, cause of death, date, and state for each person.

Other 2015-08-16

People Killed by Police — August 2015 Cases

From The Week In Data: Ferguson by Mona Chalabi

Map of the United States covered with hundreds of red location pin markers showing geographic distribution of data points across all states.

Maps 2015-08-16

US Location Pin Map with Hundreds of Marked Sites

From The Week In Data: Ferguson by Mona Chalabi

Table showing margin of victory or defeat in Iowa and New Hampshire primaries and states lost for so-called inevitable candidates from 1988 to 2000.

Tables 2015-08-17

'Inevitable' Candidates Took Their Lumps

From Hillary Clinton’s Inevitable Problems by Nate Silver

Line chart showing Al Gore's favorable and unfavorable ratings with lowess trendlines from January 1998 to November 2000, with favorable ratings declining then recovering and unfavorable ratings rising.

Charts 2015-08-17

Inevitability Wore On Gore

From Hillary Clinton’s Inevitable Problems by Nate Silver

Editorial infographic showing $56.1 Million in large text overlaid on a gold-tinted photo of six men, likely related to the N.W.A biopic Straight Outta Compton box office earnings.

Other 2015-08-17

$56.1 Million — Straight Outta Compton Box Office

From Significant Digits For Monday, Aug. 17, 2015 by Walt Hickey

Scatter plot showing tournament z-score vs. strokes under par for major golf winners from 1958-2015, with Jason Day's 2015 performance highlighted in red at -20 strokes.

Charts 2015-08-17

20 Under Par Isn't What It Used To Be

From Jason Day Deserves An Ovation, But Give The Field A Golf Clap Too by Neil Paine

Ranked table of lowest z-scores in golf majors from 1958-2015, showing player, year, major, total score, score relative to par, field average, and z-score, with Jason Day's 2015 PGA Championship performance highlighted at rank 51.

Tables 2015-08-17

Relative Dominance, Revisited — Lowest Z-Scores in Golf Majors 1958-2015

From Jason Day Deserves An Ovation, But Give The Field A Golf Clap Too by Neil Paine

Jordan Spieth’s Majors Run Was One Of The Greatest In Golf History

Other 2015-08-17

Jordan Spieth’s Majors Run Was One Of The Greatest In Golf History

From Jordan Spieth’s Majors Run Was One Of The Greatest In Golf History by Neil Paine

Bar chart showing the number of successfully funded board games on Kickstarter by month from 2009 to 2015, showing a dramatic rise over time.

Charts 2015-08-18

Fueling A Board Game Renaissance

From Crowdfunding Is Driving A $196 Million Board Game Renaissance by Oliver Roeder

Purple-tinted editorial graphic showing the number 305 Documents over a photo of Hillary Clinton speaking.

Other 2015-08-18

305 Documents

From Significant Digits For Tuesday, Aug. 18, 2015 by Walt Hickey

Scatter plot showing purple and green dots distributed across a grid, likely comparing two groups across two variables with no visible axis labels.

Charts 2015-08-18

Scatter plot of purple vs green data points on a grid

From Podcast: A Premier League Preview; The NFL Gets Microchips by Chadwick Matlin

Scatter plot showing yellow and blue dots on a grid, with two dots outlined in black indicating highlighted data points.

Charts 2015-08-18

Scatter plot with highlighted yellow and blue data points

From Podcast: A Premier League Preview; The NFL Gets Microchips by Chadwick Matlin

Bar chart showing the rising number of scientific paper retractions in the PubMed database from 2000 to 2009, growing from near zero to about 180.

Charts 2015-08-19

Retractions On The Rise

From Science Isn’t Broken by Christie Aschwanden

Bar chart showing retractions of scientific papers in the PubMed database rising from near zero in 2000 to about 180 by 2009.

Charts 2015-08-19

Retractions On The Rise

From Science Isn’t Broken by Christie Aschwanden

Dot plot showing 29 research teams' varying conclusions on whether referees give more red cards to dark-skinned players, with confidence intervals and significance indicated.

Charts 2015-08-19

Same Data, Different Conclusions

From Science Isn’t Broken by Christie Aschwanden

Dot plot showing 29 research teams' varying conclusions on whether referees give more red cards to dark-skinned players, with confidence intervals and significance highlighted.

Charts 2015-08-19

Same Data, Different Conclusions

From Science Isn’t Broken by Christie Aschwanden

Dot plot showing the number of scientific papers in Max Planck Digital Library's database by year of publication from 1980 to 2010s, rising from about 0.75M to nearly 1.9M.

Charts 2015-08-19

The Pace Of Publishing

From Science Isn’t Broken by Christie Aschwanden

Dot chart showing the number of scientific papers in Max Planck Digital Library's database by year of publication from 1980 to 2013, rising from about 0.75M to nearly 1.9M.

Charts 2015-08-19

The Pace Of Publishing

From Science Isn’t Broken by Christie Aschwanden

Yellow-tinted editorial graphic showing a woman with finger to lips and large text reading 9.7 gigabytes, referencing a data leak quantity.

Other 2015-08-19

9.7 Gigabytes

From Significant Digits For Wednesday, Aug. 19, 2015 by Walt Hickey

Dot plot comparing Hillary Clinton's June-July-August polling averages in 2015 versus 2007 across 17 states and nationally, showing she leads her 2008 pace everywhere.

Charts 2015-08-19

Clinton Is Ahead Of Her '08 Pace — Everywhere

From Senator Sanders, You’re No Barack Obama by Harry Enten

Line chart comparing cumulative Democratic endorsement points through Aug. 17 in the year before the primary for Clinton 2016, Clinton 2008, Obama 2008, and Sanders 2016.

Charts 2015-08-19

Democratic Endorsers Are More United Than In '08

From Senator Sanders, You’re No Barack Obama by Harry Enten

Line chart showing baseball umpire accuracy rate by pitch type (true strikes vs true balls) from 2008 to 2015, with true strikes rising sharply to about 91%.

Charts 2015-08-19

Three True Strikes And You're Out

From Umpires Are Less Blind Than They Used To Be by Noah Davis, Michael Lopez

Line chart showing accuracy rate of MLB umpire pitch calls from 2008 to 2015, highlighting Lance Barksdale as best and Tim Welke as worst against the average trend.

Charts 2015-08-19

Umps Are Getting Better And Better

From Umpires Are Less Blind Than They Used To Be by Noah Davis, Michael Lopez

Line chart showing ballet class tuition by dancer's grade level for five school tiers, from pre-school through 12th grade, based on 2015-16 data.

Charts 2015-08-20

What Ballet Classes Cost

From Raising A Ballerina Will Cost You $100,000 by Abby Abrams

Green-tinted editorial infographic showing a large dollar figure of $126,900 overlaid on a photo of a basketball player.

Other 2015-08-20

$126,900 NBA Salary Infographic

From Significant Digits For Thursday, Aug. 20, 2015 by Walt Hickey

Dot plot and table showing the share of men and women who achieved orgasm during their last sexual encounter, broken down by type of sex act performed.

Charts 2015-08-20

How Come? Share reaching orgasm by type of sex act

From The Gender Orgasm Gap by Mona Chalabi

Dot plot and table showing share of men and women who achieved orgasm during their last sexual encounter by number of sexual acts performed, from the National Survey of Sexual Health and Behavior.

Charts 2015-08-20

Variety Is The Spice Of Life

From The Gender Orgasm Gap by Mona Chalabi

Horizontal bar chart showing average poll percentages for Republican presidential candidates through Aug. 20, with a cutoff line indicating the top 10 who qualify for CNN's main debate.

Charts 2015-08-21

Carly Fiorina May Still Miss CNN's Main Debate

From What Carly Fiorina Needs To Make CNN’s Main Stage Debate by Harry Enten

Line chart showing the trend in identification as Liberal by party ID (Democrats, Independents, Republicans) from 2000 to 2014, with Democrats rising to 44%.

Charts 2015-08-21

Trend in Identification as "Liberal," by Party ID

From This Is How Bernie Sanders Could Win by Nate Silver

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