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Major risk factors for autism - visualized. Acetaminophen (paracetamol) use doesn’t even make the chart. Viral & bacterial infection & fever during pregnancy ARE significant risk-factors + also why someone would take pain killers. all data & sources bit.ly/AutismRisks

brilliantmaps.com/grey-vs-red-... by @BrilliantMaps

How much the UK's NHS services cost (even though they are given out free) bit.ly/IIB-NHScosts

Didn't realise that about the east coast... Exaggerated topographical map of Australia www.instagram.com/p/DA1lzfQMtJi/ by @cstats1

World's most contagious falsehoods See all 70 bit.ly/IIB-Mythconc... data & sources bit.ly/KIB_Mythconception

Which countries have the most cat owners? Maybe not what you expect

There's still time. Right?

Vaccination. Rapid outbreak response. Constant surveillance. Polio's decline is the result of a public-health system working at enormous scale for 40 years. So successfully that many people barely remember this terrible disease. #worldpolioday via @beautifulnews.bsky.social

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What to feed a millennial

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Not 8%. Not 18%. More than 80%. That's how much electricity already comes from renewables in 35 countries worldwide. Some have reached 100%. (renewables = hydro, wind, solar, geothermal) via @beautifulnews.bsky.social beautifulne.ws/3021

US childhood vaccination rates continue to drop. 95% → ~92%: Small numbers, big implications for public health 💉 (source New York Times @nytimes)

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Clean energy was once dismissed as too expensive. Now some of its most important technologies have become vastly cheaper. Thx to better manufacturing. Greater scale. More competition. via @beautifulnews.bsky.social

Iberia: Population vs Population Density

What the data centre boom looks like from the sky - before and after. 180 built in 2025. 88 in 2026 so far. Excellent interactive piece from @nytimes www.nytimes.com/interactive/...

Revealing cross section of a road in England

All the world's empires visualized - more AI-induced 'ailments', our favourite graphics from around the web. Check out our latest monthly newsletter. view.flodesk.com/emails/6ac8d... Follow us here infobeautiful.myflodesk.com/newsletter

The gender pay gap in the EU is falling. Slowly. But surely. This is what happens when parental leave, workplace flexibility & pay transparency become policy priorities. via @beautifulnews.bsky.social

Visualising the lifetimes (and deaths) of major Roman Emperors (by Reddit user: u/Western-Flatworm-537)

Cupcakes. Movies. Vacations. Younger brits are using more americanisms

You might not realise just how much progress we've made against cancer. Better treatments. Earlier detection. Less smoking. Decades of advances saving lives. via @beautifulnews.bsky.social

Love a revealing cut-away! (from a London Transport Museum poster by Gavin Dunn)

Interesting reframing. Cost of aid to #ukraine in cups of coffee per month. (by @topleadEU)

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Electric cars are zooming into the mainstream. Some surprising countries here ⚡ via @beautifulnews.bsky.social

Which country was first to legalise same-sex marriage? And which nations are the latest to join the wedding party? 🏳️‍🌈 via @beautifulnews.bsky.social

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No single revolution made this incredible achievement happen. Just decades of advances in medicine, sanitation, nutrition and public health. via @beautifulnews.bsky.social

Love these population density spike maps. (by @researchremora) www.kontur.io/solutions/au...

Design costs (classic!)

What percentage of the world is farmland? (via ourworldindata.org/global-land-...)

The lethal doses of 55 substances...

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Topographical map of Europe by @cstats1

How many people still die of lung cancer after quitting smoking? By age (by reddit user @daysleeperrr)

Making Data into Art - a microfilm we made with Microsoft a few years back, starring Information is Beautiful founder, David McCandless. Learn more about our process & work & beautiful things 🌼 bit.ly/IIBWAB geni.us/IIBLive #iibwab

Differing communication styles Germany vs Japan vs France vs China. Takes a moment to work this one out, but worth it. Unsure of the source, so hold lightly.

$2.6 trillion of global military spending source: SIPRI www.sipri.org/databases/mi...

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What is the liquid substance that powers internal combustion engines called in your country? by instagram user: @the.world.in.maps

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Radium atom visualized by Niels Bohr 🌼

Australia explained for Americans Creator: unknown

The Left vs right political spectrum - visualized. A fave image from the Information is Beautiful book. Still relevant? (nb: this is the ‘world’ version, left = blue) Full size bit.ly/LvRWorld Poster bit.ly/LvRW-Poster USA ver (where left=blue) bit.ly/LvRUSA

Rotation periods & speeds of the planets www.reddit.com/r/dataisbeau...

This I did not know. English adjectives almost always follow this order... by Jono Hey of @sketchplanations.bsky.social sketchplanations.com/ordering-adj...