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Category Archives: Infographics

The History of Science Fiction

May 1, 2013

In my daily routine of scouring the web for interesting and nerdy things, I stumbled across perhaps my new favorite …

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Shark Attacks in Perspective

April 19, 2013

I love comparisons and unit conversions. Most of the times they are fun. For example, if Daniel Day-Lewis touched an …

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First Contact: Don’t F**k This Up For Us

March 26, 2013

Chances are, if you meet an alien, it will look nothing like you. It won’t understand you, and you won’t …

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The State of Mental Illness

October 10, 2012

For World Mental Health Day, I put together a few revealing statistics about the state of mental health in the …

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The Cheetah: Nature’s Speed Machine

October 3, 2012

This is perhaps the most elegantly employed infographic I have seen. Also, cheetahs are flippin’ awesome. Infographic designed by Jacob …

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Explaining the process of science with a few dots

July 28, 2012

A good visualization takes a complicated issue and uses clever visual aids to make it more clear. The beauty of …

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If we evolved from monkeys…{Infographic}

June 14, 2012

Hopefully the above infographic clears up this woefully common question.

Welcome to Science, You’re Going to Like it Here

June 11, 2012

If I was going to create a comic that outlined the power of science, the joy of discovery, and the …

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THE UNIVERSE IS GARGANTUAN {Infographic}

May 28, 2012

There is little to say other than that, yes, you should feel incredibly insignificant after perusing the graphic below. It’s …

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Snake Oil Supplements

May 21, 2012

With the frightening lack of regulation that is given to a health product merely if you call it a “supplement,” …

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Occam’s razor does not favor a climate change “hoax” {Infographic}

March 9, 2012

Occam’s razor suggests that the more likely explanation for some phenomenon is the explanation which requires the fewest number of …

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Here’s what a year of fatal car crashes looks like {Infographic}

January 25, 2012

Forgive the morbidity for some interesting data. [Via Gizmodo, Flowing Data]

The Big Numbers {Infographic }

January 22, 2012

Notice how many atheists there are? Yep, it’s not just me whose skin burns whenever they touch holy water.

Beware “Greenwashing” {Infographic}

January 3, 2012

Don’t fall for the naturalistic fallacy. Marketers know very well that we think “natural” products are somehow always better than …

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How do science and religion view creation? {Infographic}

December 18, 2011

How Deep is the Mariana Trench? {Infographic}

November 23, 2011

Pretty darn deep.

Another Scale to Make You Feel Insignificant {Infographic}

October 24, 2011

Death in Perspective

October 4, 2011

Bet you didn’t know that more people die from high school football practice every year than die from shark attacks.

Looking for Life: Human Priorities {Infographic}

October 2, 2011

[Via MicroCosmologist]

Which fish (or mollusks or cephalopods) are okay to eat?

September 28, 2011

In an age of over-fishing and crashing marine stocks, it’s difficult to keep track of which fish are ethically kosher …

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