Illustrating Mental Illness
Researcher embraces data art as a way to diagram her own anxieties
Stories by Amanda Montañez
What Does a Black Hole Really Look Like?
39-year-old drawing hints at what the Event Horizon Telescope may have just captured: the true shape of a black hole
Pi in the Sky
Elegant new visualization maps the digits of pi as a star catalogue
This Is Your Brain on Poverty
Data visualizations highlight the surprising connections between income and brain structure
Humans Start Most Wildfires
People are responsible for much of the rising cost and ecological damage that wildfires impose
W.E.B. Du Bois, Scientific American and Data Stories of the Early 1900s
Two sets of infographics offer distinct perspectives on American life at the turn of the century
Visualizing the True Cost of Oil Pipelines
Graphics highlight key information about Dakota Access and Keystone XL pipelines
Groundhog Day Is Hogwash
Sure, Punxsutawney Phil is fun to watch, but his annual predictions about spring are no better than chance
How to Grow Human Organs in a Pig
Infographic shows new research developments and future hopes for human/animal chimeras
Visualizing the Medical Isotope Crisis
Information graphics help to clarify a little-known but critical challenge to the health care industry
How Science Visualization Can Help Save the World
Information graphics and the fight for science in Trump’s America
Visualizing the Rhythm of Food
Interactive data visualization charts the changing popularity of 195 different foods over time
The Science of Success in Science
Interactive data visualization traces the career paths of over 10,000 scientists in search of predictable patterns of impact
A Visual Guide to Modified Mosquitoes
Three information graphics show how scientists are tackling disease-ridden mosquito populations around the world
Visualizing Hurricanes
Information graphics demystify Earth’s most powerful storms
Conservative Republicans Really Distrust Climate Scientists [Graphic]
They also say the scientists’ research findings are influenced by political leanings
The Visual Story of the Human Heart
Information graphic captures the complex science of embryonic heart development
The State of Vaccine Skepticism in 4 Maps
Interactive graphic reveals data from a recent study on vaccine confidence around the world
As Wilderness Disappears, So Do Animals [Graphic]
More terrestrial mammals are being stressed as their habitats shrink
The Hottest Weather Ever Visualized
New data graphics offer an alarming view of global climate change
