Visualization
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Calling All Mapmakers
January 13, 2011
complexity, data, geography, information, scale, visualization
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The Age of Impossible Numbers
February 11, 2010
In Running the Numbers, photographer Chris Jordan attempts to convey the vastness of modern consumption with clever visualizations.
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Blueprinting Biology
September 28, 2009
Scientists develop a visual language for mapping biological systems that they hope will become “the circuit diagrams of biology.”
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The Evolution of Evolution
September 10, 2009
Ben Fry has created a tool that allows you to watch the theory of evolution evolve. Here, he introduces us to his amazing exploration of scientific thought.
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Building Without Walls
July 09, 2009
A new breed of architectural objects, inspired by theoretical science, is changing how we think about building and what counts as art.
cooperation, creativity, innovation, structure, visualization
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Once Out of Nature
April 23, 2009
Isabella Kirkland’s life-size paintings of exotic, recently discovered species capture a world caught between the joys of discovery and the threat of imminent loss.
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Week in Review: April 17
April 17, 2009
The EPA’s carbon dioxide mission, cutbacks in science funding in the UK and Ireland, thoughts on the AlloSphere, and John Maddox, RIP.
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Design and Being Just
March 23, 2009
At some point during the show, VL started growing too fast. It was time to stop it. But did that mean killing it?
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Knowledge, in Real Time
March 20, 2009
A new picture of science — and possibly future innovation — comes into focus with the mapping of scientists’ online research behavior.
bias, consensus, innovation, networks, research, visualization
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A New Picture of the Two Cultures
March 20, 2009
A recent visualization of scholarly research based on online user patterns offers a fresh perspective on C.P. Snow's landmark treatise on science and the arts.
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Getting Past the Pie Chart
February 18, 2009
Understanding the shortcomings of the pie chart can help us make sense of and improve the emerging scientific aesthetic of the 21st century.
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Greg Lynn: New City
February 04, 2009
Is a sphere the optimal shape for our world? If physical laws were no longer a concern, how would we mold the Earth to better suit our global economy?
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Field Museum
January 27, 2009
Constructing art and science on a frozen Minnesota lake.
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The Creation Simulation
September 08, 2008
Why does a blockbuster video game that embraces biological evolution resemble intelligent design?
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Standing on the Shoulders of Giants
September 07, 2008
Video games are reshaping how we perform and promote science.
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The Most Beautiful Painting You’ve Ever Heard
December 13, 2006
Synesthesia makes sense of art and art from sense.
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Ideas
I Tried Almost Everything Else
John Rinn, snowboarder, skateboarder, and “genomic origamist,” on why we should dumpster-dive in our genomes and the inspiration of a middle-distance runner.
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Ideas
Going, Going, Gone
The second most common element in the universe is increasingly rare on Earth—except, for now, in America.
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Ideas
Earth-like Planets Aren’t Rare
Renowned planetary scientist James Kasting on the odds of finding another Earth-like planet and the power of science fiction.
