- October 14, 2011 • 11:00 am PDT
- + comments
- See original
- prevnext


A look at the size of whales versus cattle illuminates an odd double standard when it comes to killing animals. Should we re-evaluate what we eat?

The graphic video enraging Afghanistan and America alike should upset you. But not for the reasons you think.
If you're trying to "eat food, not too much, mostly plants," this seasonal food chart will help with the last part. Early May, for example, is...
With unemployment up in the double digits, Obama made jobs the main focus of his State of the Union speech. And Fast Company made jobs the main...

Lifehacker has created a handy chart detailing when you should buy various things. Generally, the time to buy something is when sales of that...
Much like reducing life to venn diagrams, this man has reduced his life to pie charts.Via Boing Boing.
We've all heard that the music business is changing, and here, from The Times Online, is a chart to prove it. The red line at the top is the...
Kent Wells, BP's Senior Vice President of Exploration and Production, has a "technical briefing" video up. Its aim is to give the public a little...
Check out this excellent chart explaining how wind power works, what the economic benefits could be, and really anything else you could possibly...

A look at Medicaid cuts, defense spending, and how "doing nothing" might be the simplest answer of all.

Creating politically charged street art just got a bit easier with this new adjustable pie-chart stencil.
The goal in Afghanistan, as the World Blog writer Richard Engel interprets it, is to "convince militants to stop fighting and to persuade Afghans...
In theory the Senate passes legislation with a simple majority: 51 votes. But if a senator threatens to filibuster a bill by talking about it...
In the wake of the oil spill we've got Michael Brown ("Brownie" of Katrina infamy) accusing Obama of exploiting the spill to manipulate public...
In anticipation of Loving Day this coming weekend, here's a chart showing the growth of interracial marriage over the last few...
Lapham's Quarterly is responsible for this fun chart showing how luminaries of literature and art including Virginia Woolf, Jackson Pollock, and,...
Along with making ecosystem-devastating blunders, BP also produces an annual global energy review. This year's review just came out (though the...

The more you charge on your credit card, the most fast food you eat.

A song supporting Britan's veterans is two minutes of silence. Help it get to the top of the charts.

The best graph we've found for understanding the tax cut deal comes from the White House.