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Learning animal languages with AI

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Financial Times highlights how researchers are using AI to try to learn what animal sounds mean and to communicate back. Tags: AI , animals , Financial Times , sound Turn on the sound for maximum effect.

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Visualization to better see true values in data

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Together with its wacky successor, the datasaurus dozen, nothing more dramatically communicates the primacy of visualization in data analysis. Tags: Francis Anscombe , noise , Scientific American To quash this myth, Anscombe devised an ingenious demonstration known as Anscombe’s quartet.

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Fonts primer

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It might seem like just a question of style, but research reveals fonts can dramatically shape what you communicate and how you read. Tags: font , readability , text , Washington Post Everyone knows Comic Sans is always the best choice.

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Misuse of the rainbow color scheme to visualize scientific data

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Fabio Crameri, Grace Shephard, and Philip Heron in Nature discuss the drawbacks of using the rainbow color scheme to visualize data and more readable alternatives: The accurate representation of data is essential in science communication. Tags: color , nature , rainbow , science

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Graphs before anyone knew what they were

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Michael Friendly and Howard Wainer have a new book out: A History of Data Visualization and Graphic Communication. Tags: book , history , Howard Wainer , Michael Friendly , New Yorker. They rewind back 400 years and discuss the beginnings of visualization, when nobody knew what a chart was. It’s old.

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Visualize This (2nd ed.): Finding the Best Visualization Tools

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Then they changed again when I had to make charts to communicate insights to a general audience. Order on Amazon Tags: writing However, my needs shifted when I had to develop interactive and animated visualizations so that others could analyze their own data. Then I find a new tool to supplement. You can order Visualize This now.

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Mapping climate change in the Arctic

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Discover how Arctic landscapes are changing and learn about the consequences for communities across the globe. A stories section uses maps, charts, and photographs to communicate the ongoing research. Tags: Arctic , climate change.

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