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CONTENTS :<br/>FOREWORD Gareth Cook viii <br/>INTRODUCTION MariaPopova x <br/>I. YOU<br/>DANCING IN THE AIR 2<br/>John Huet, Dave Nadeau, Chin Wang, Marne Mayer, Karen Frank, Nick Galac, Amy Brachmann & Rebecca Nordquist ESPN The Magazine<br/>WHERE HAVE ALL THE ELMERS GONE? 4 <br/>Allison McCann & Nate Silver<br/>Five ThirtyE ight.com<br/>WEDDING COSTS, STATE BY STATE 6 <br/>Alissa Scheller, Ashley Reich & Katy Hall<br/>Buffington Post<br/>THE UNHEALTHY OFFICE 8<br/>Laura Stanton & Bonnie Berkowitz<br/>Washington Post<br/>2,000 CALORIES 10<br/>Darcy Eveleigh, Tony Cenicola,<br/>Troy Griggs, Josh Barro, David Leonhardt<br/>& Claire Cain Miller nytimes.com<br/>THE TRUTH ABOUT STARTUPS 12<br/>Kristin Lenz, Kris Frieswick, Susan Coleman, Carmen Cotei<br/>& Joseph Farhat In c.lvfagaz ine<br/>BASEBALL BORDERS 14<br/>Tom Giratikanon, Josh Katz, David Leonhardt & Kevin Quealy New York Times<br/>HOW EBOLA ATTACKS 16 <br/>Patterson Clark Washington Post<br/><br/><br/>NAMES BY PROFESSION 18<br/>Mark Edmond verdantlabs.com<br/>FOLLOW THE SPOT 20<br/>Robert Nippoldt, Christine Goppel<br/>& David Ehlert Hollywood in the 30s<br/>BEER ON TWITTER 22 <br/>Ate Poorthuis & Matthew Zook The Geography of Beer: Regions, Environment , and Societies<br/>Y 0 U R L I FE , I N WEEKS 24 <br/>Tim Urban waitbutwhy .com<br/>I I. US<br/>GLOBAL FRUIT BOWL 28 <br/>Susan Welchman, Juan Velasco, Paulette Tavormina , John Grimwade, Maggie Zackowitz & Alex Stegmaier National Geographic<br/>WOMEN OF ISIS 32<br/>Karishma Sheth & Thomas Alberty<br/>New York Magazine<br/>WHAT A SOLDIER's ARM IS WORTH 34<br/>Alberto Cuadra Washington Post<br/>THE GLOBAL FLOW OF PEOPLE 36<br/>Nikola Sander, Guy J. Abel<br/>& Ramon Bauer Science<br/>INTRODUCING THE PIANOGRAM 38<br/>Joseph Yuen JoeyCloud.net<br/>AMERICA'S GOP, SPLIT 40<br/>Alexandr "Sasha" Trubetskoy<br/>ispol.com/sasha<br/>WHO COOKED WITH YOU? 42<br/>Christopher Cristiano, Mary Jane Weedman, Kate Copeland, Rob Patronite, Robin Raisfeld, Thomas Alberty & Adam Moss New York Magazine<br/><br/><br/>C 0 M M UTE R S C I E N C E 44<br/>Ryan Morris, Catherine Zuckerman<br/>& Juan Velasco National Geographic<br/>LETTERS IN A WORD 46<br/>David Taylor prooffreader.com<br/>HOW FAST DO IDEAS MOVE? 48<br/>Giorgia Lupi, Simone Quadri, Gabriele Rossi, Glauco Mantegari, Pietro Guinea<br/>Montalvo, Davide Ciuffi (all at Accurat)<br/>& Katie Peek Popul ar Science<br/>CHESS TRENDS 50<br/>Randy Olson randalolson.com<br/>THE SCIENCE GENDER GAP 52<br/>Melissa Lewis, Kay Watson, Katie Hill, Jen Christiansen , Amanda Hobbs<br/>& Seth Fletcher Scientific American<br/>SPURIOUS CORRELATIONS 54<br/>Tyler Vigen tylervigen .com<br/>WHERE MILITANTS COME FROM 56<br/>Gene Thorp Washington Post<br/>DEATHS IN DAY CARE 58 <br/>Lazaro Gamio Washington Post<br/>WHAT DO AMERICANS SPEAK? 60 <br/>Ben Blatt Slate<br/>LITERATURE, BROKEN DOWN 62 <br/>Pop Chart Lab PopChartLab.com<br/>A DAY IN THE LIFE OF A PRO ATHLETE 64 <br/>Luke Knox, Shira Springer, Chiqui Esteban<br/>& Joe Sullivan Boston Globe<br/>ALL THE GUNS 66 <br/>Richard Johnson, Alberto Cuadra,<br/>Todd Lindeman , Kennedy Elliott<br/>& Ted Mellnik Washington Post<br/>BRO MAP 68 <br/>Nikhil Sonnad Quartz<br/>THE MONEY - GO-ROUND 70 <br/>Lee Simmons, Josef Reyes, Valerio Pellegrini<br/>& Sarah Fallon WIRED<br/>WATER WAR AND PEACE 72 <br/>Wesley Grubbs, Mladen Balog, Ri Liu, Nick Yahnke, Shujian Bu (all at Pitch Interactive Inc.) & Katie Peek<br/>Popular Science<br/>BOY-BAND BLUEPRINT 74 <br/>Heather Jones & Emily Barone Time<br/>STYROFOAM POPULATION 76 <br/>Ewa Tuteja desiqntransfer gallery in Berlin<br/>III . MATERIAL WORLD<br/>A FAMILY TREE OF GLOW 80 <br/>Eleanor Lutz Tabletop Whale, tabletopwhale.com<br/> BABY ANIMALS 82 <br/>Richard Johnson & Bonnie Berkowitz<br/>Washington Post<br/>HOW WE PAY 84 <br/>Lily Chow, Ben Gibson, Elizabeth Dexheimer,<br/>Robert Friedman , Ronald Henkoff<br/>& Siung Tjia Bloomberg Markets Magazine<br/>SECRETS OF IL DUOMO 86 <br/>Fernando G. Baptista, Matthew Twombly, Daniela Santamarina, Jose Miguel Mayo, Margaret Ng, Whitney Smith, Lauren James, A. R. Williams , Fanna Gebreyesus & Elizabeth Snodgrass National Geographic<br/>DRONE DOWN 96 <br/>Alberto Cuadra, Emily Chow<br/>& Craig Whitlock Washington Post<br/>NATIVE HORSES 98 <br/>Fernando G. Baptista, Aldo Chiappe, Debbie Gibbons, Matthew Twombly, Jane Vessels & Patricia Healy<br/>Nati onal Geographic<br/>INSIDE A DEADLY RECALL 100 <br/>Guilbert Gates New York Times<br/>HOW SPRING WILL CHANGE 102 <br/>Katie Peek, Todd Detwiler , Jonathon Kambouris,<br/>Joel Kimmel, Amber Williams & Kate Baggaley<br/>Popular Scienc e<br/>TIME TRAVEL 104 <br/>Carl De Torres, Erik Carnes, Seth Kadish, <br/>Sarah Fallon, Lexi Pandell, Billy Sorrentino, <br/>Caleb Bennett & Allie Fisher WIRED<br/>DOMINANT, ANCIENT, E.XTINCT 106 <br/>Jonathan Corum & Samuel M. Gon III<br/>Ne w York Times<br/>NOT JUST UNIQUE 108 <br/>Andy Brunning Compound Interest,<br/>www.compoundchem.com<br/>POOP TO POWER 110 <br/>Bonnie Berkowitz & Todd Lindeman<br/>Washington Post<br/>PORTRAIT OF A FISH 112 <br/>Fernando G. Baptista & Shizuka Aoki<br/>National Geographic<br/>CALlFORNlA DRYING 116 <br/>Kyle Kim & Thomas Suh Lauder<br/>Los Angeles Times<br/>THE PLANET's TOP KILLERS 118 <br/>Carl De Torres, Luke Shuman, Ian Saunders, <br/>Josh Daniel, Anu Horsman & David Roodman <br/>gatesnotes.com<br/>ROSETTA, PHILAE, AND THE COMET 120 <br/>Jasiek Krzysztofiak, Kelly Krause, <br/>Wesley Fernandes & Elizabeth Gibney <br/>Nature<br/>A PLANE VANISHES 122 <br/>Sergio Pecanha, Timothy Wallace, <br/>Derek Watkins & Archie Tse<br/>New York Times<br/>FIGHT FOR "FIRST BIRD" 124 <br/>Emily Willoughby, Jasiek Krzysztofiak, <br/>Kelly Krause, Wesley Fernandes,<br/>Ewen Callaway & Vladimir Nikolov<br/>Nature<br/>WEATHER RADIALS 126 <br/>Timm Kekeritz weather-radials.com<br/>OLYMPIC VISION 128 <br/>Wilson Andrews, Larry Buchanan, Joe Burgess, <br/>Shan Carter, Ford Fessenden, Mika Grondahl, <br/>Jeremy White, Angel Franco & Richard Perry <br/>New York Times<br/>LEGO STORY 130 <br/>Elise Craig, Sarah Fallon, Josef Reyes<br/>& Todd Tankersley WIRED<br/>FORGOTTEN WORLD 132 <br/>Ryan Morris National Geographic<br/>IV. INTERACTIVE<br/>By Simon Rogers<br/>WIZARDS' SHOOTING STARS 136 <br/>Todd Lindeman & Lazaro Gamio<br/>WashingtonPost.com<br/>INSIDE THE GREAT FIREWALL 138 <br/>Sisi Wei, Lena Groeger, Mike Tigas, <br/>Yue Qiu & Scott Klein ProPublic a.org<br/>THE COLORS OF MOTION 140 <br/>Charlie Clark thecolorsofmotion .com<br/>URBAN LAYERS 142 <br/>Greta Dimitrova & Kiril Mandov<br/>morphocode.com<br/>A CAREER AT BAT 144 <br/>Shan Carter, Joe Ward & David Waldstein<br/>New York Times<br/>A MAP OF EVERY SATELLITE 146 <br/>David Yanofsky & Tim Fernholz Quartz<br/>A DAY IN THE LIFE OF A TAXI 148 <br/>Chris Whong nyctaxi.herokuapp.com<br/>BORN HERE, DIED THERE 150 <br/>Maximilian Schich, Mauro Martino, <br/>Kerri Smith, Charlotte Stoddart<br/>& Alison Abbott Nature.com<br/>WHAT THE WORLD EATS 152 <br/>Fathom Information Design, <br/>Xaquin Gonzalez Veira, Jason Treat, <br/>John Kondis & Alex Stegmaier <br/>NationalGeographic.com<br/>NYCHENGE 154 <br/>Andrew Hill, Sergio Alvarez, Javier Alee<br/>& contributors to Open Street Map<br/>nychenge.com<br/>Best American Infographics 156 <br/>Brain Trust<br/><br/><br/><br/><br/><br/><br/><br/> <br/><br/> <br/><br/><br/><br/><br/><br/><br/><br/><br/> <br/> |
