As a researcher, I must be able to communicate complex ideas into simple concepts that the average person can comprehend easily and quickly. Most people don't have the time (nor the inclination) to ...

Geoff McGhee is a journalist and data visualizer at Stanford University’s Bill Lane Center for the American West. Data Points is a new series where we explore the world of data visualization, ...

Chances are, you probably think your mind works pretty well. It might lead you astray now and then, but usually it helps you make good decisions and remember things reliably. At the very least, you’re ...

Classified information is material – documents, photographs, videos, recordings or other items – that the government says must be restricted for the security and defense of the nation. The information ...

In the summer of 1856 Florence Nightingale sailed home from war furious. As the nursing administrator of a sprawling British Army hospital network, she had witnessed thousands of sick soldiers endure ...

Figure 1: Example of an IPCC figure and aspects that might limit accessibility to non-experts. How can scientific graphics about climate change be made more accessible, while retaining their ...

As deputy creative director Kaitlin Yarnall writes in the preface to the new book National Geographic Infographics, the magazine’s art department is most often deployed to cover subjects that can’t be ...

Just about everyone has stumbled over a confusing passage in a textbook, only to have clarity restored thanks to “See Fig. A.” Visuals, graphics, and charts can concentrate and present information in ...

While the rest of us spin our wheels waiting for that infrastructure cash to kick in so that we can have a smooth new bike path to ride on, Los Angeles-based designer Joseph Prichard has a much better ...