data visualizations

Here's the path of the nearly 1,400 asteroids that would cause "major devastation" if they hit our planet.

And you thought the U.S. had deserts!

Plus: how other shows fare over time

One nation, under True Blood.

People didn't start really noticing rocks from the sky until after the Enlightenment.

All your vital questions about the world's single-origin chocolate flavors, answered

This chart tells you that "the linguistic standard of the presidential address has declined" over time. The problem is, it's wrong.

A new visualization tells the story of 9,595 lives cut short by violence.

Visualizing who knew who when abstract art was invented

A PopSci interactive of the 30,854 record-breaking highs recorded across the country in 2012