Skip to main content

Data & Eggs

Volume 177

In this week's edition: an experiment about how we view history, climate change’s impact on California’s infernos, and make-your-own election predictions.

01

COVID-19 has tested businesses across the US, especially in the restaurant and food industry. But according to the Q3 Yelp Economic Average report, there are mounting reasons to be optimistic. New restaurants and food businesses are now opening at a rate more in line with 2018 and 2019, while consumers are searching more and more for outdoor experiences.

Yelp Economic Average

Economy

COVID-19 has tested businesses across the US, especially in the restaurant and food industry. But according to the Q3 Yelp Economic Average report, there are mounting reasons to be optimistic. New restaurants and food businesses are now opening at a rate more in line with 2018 and 2019, while consumers are searching more and more for outdoor experiences.

Read It

02

The Parametric Press, an interactive digital magazine, released its second edition this week with five pieces on the climate. Each tackles a different topic related to the environment, from major corporations behind climate change to the hidden cost of our digital consumption, and is filled with top-notch data viz.

The Climate Issue

Environment

The Parametric Press, an interactive digital magazine, released its second edition this week with five pieces on the climate. Each tackles a different topic related to the environment, from major corporations behind climate change to the hidden cost of our digital consumption, and is filled with top-notch data viz.

Read It

03

The aesthetics of an era have a lot to do with how we view history. When we look at photos, we’re often dating them using context clues like clothing, faces, or color. The Pudding created another quiz-based experiment to test how color does or doesn’t affect our perception of time in a photograph.

Photo quiz: This is an experiment about how we view history

Culture

The aesthetics of an era have a lot to do with how we view history. When we look at photos, we’re often dating them using context clues like clothing, faces, or color. The Pudding created another quiz-based experiment to test how color does or doesn’t affect our perception of time in a photograph.

Read It

04

Fueled by the driest air in decades and temperatures up to 30 degrees above average, 2020 was California’s worst fire season on record. In this visual narrative, The Washington Post looks at one deadly wildfire in a small town in Northern California and how extreme weather is happening more frequently in our changing climate.

This is what fuels the West’s infernos

Environment

Fueled by the driest air in decades and temperatures up to 30 degrees above average, 2020 was California’s worst fire season on record. In this visual narrative, The Washington Post looks at one deadly wildfire in a small town in Northern California and how extreme weather is happening more frequently in our changing climate.

Read It

05

The U.S. election is just 11 days away, with several battleground states still up for grabs. FiveThirtyEight created a tool to easily see the various paths Trump and Biden have to win the election. Make your own predictions for who you think will win each state, see who the winner would be, and share your guesses with friends for bragging rights after the election.

Explore The Ways Trump Or Biden Could Win The Election

Politics

The U.S. election is just 11 days away, with several battleground states still up for grabs. FiveThirtyEight created a tool to easily see the various paths Trump and Biden have to win the election. Make your own predictions for who you think will win each state, see who the winner would be, and share your guesses with friends for bragging rights after the election.

Read It

Ready to turn your data into something great?

Speak to a data expert

Stay in the loop

We’re always adding to Data & Eggs, our growing library of data viz inspiration