Nathan Yau

The Washington Post used satellite imagery, photos, and videos from when the blue paint was applied to the Reflecting Pool to figure out what caused the tears in the lining

For A Rabbit's Foot, Andy Hazel interviewed Star Wars creator George Lucas , mostly about the Lucas Museum of Narrative Art. But towards the end, there is a question of generative AI in movies, because of course:

Upon discovery of a generated biography on Amazon about her, NYT journalist Kashmir Hill followed the path to more slop

Since the U.S. federal government is of little help in providing information about the diarrhea outbreak spreading through contaminated food, epidemiologist Katelyn Jetelina ran through the known facts

Researchers are studying an underground, global network of fungi that acts as a circulatory system, transporting carbon, water, and nutrients between plants and soils. SPUN, in collaboration with Moritz Stefaner, mapped the network, which they estimate to be 110 quadrillion kilometers less than ten centimeters underground.

When deciding where to live, most people want to know what's nearby so you don't have to drive an hour to get to the nearest grocery store or school.

Gerrymandle is a daily game that shows areas with voting preferences, and the goal is to create districts to swing the election in your favor. If you can't beat 'em.

This is issue No. 398 of the Process , where we make conscious choices in the design of our charts. I'm Nathan Yau. This week, we talk colors and categories.

Reuters reports on the strain of natural gas supplies due to the war in Iran:

Several years ago, Andy Kirk watched every episode of the sitcom Seinfeld , all the while collecting data in five-second increments. He visualized the data in book-form, but now there's a fun digital version of the project he calls The Seinfeld Chronicles