Cartography and data analysis nut Brandon M-Anderson put together this impressive zoomable map of the United States with one dot for each of the 308,450,225 people recorded by the 2010 census: oddities revealed include people living in "abandoned" areas or parks. A Redditor stitched the tiles into a huge image.
Seung Lee double knit this blanket based on data about his son's sleep patterns during his first year of life. "Each stitch represents 6 minutes of time spent awake or… READ THE REST
Herd ImmunityWatch this video on YouTube The parents who refuse to vaccinate their children are taking a calculated risk; they're weighting whatever doubts they have about the efficacy of vacItcines… READ THE REST
Visualizing Card ShufflesWatch this video on YouTube Nathan Davis writes, "When you shuffle a deck, it rearranges the order of the cards and I got wondering what that looked like. READ THE REST
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