FREAK Shots: Bird Critics
A new study by a research team from Tokyo’s Keio University found that pigeons can distinguish between paintings the researchers consider good and bad. Read More »
How to Decrease Emissions
Americans responded to the economic crisis and rising oil prices in 2008 by driving less and purchasing fuel-efficient cars. Michael Sivak and Brandon Schoettle have looked at the effect of these trends on carbon dioxide emissions between October 2007 and April 2009. Read More »
Paved With Good Intentions Contest: The Winner
It was an extremely close race, but t paciello, come on up and thank the academy. The readers voted your ode to the horrors of the Cross Bronx Expressway as the best description of the worst in American transportation. For your victory, you will receive a piece of Freakonomics schwag. Read More »
Stat Candy
After viewing this data candy from baekdal.com, the BBC’s Michael Blastland wonders: is there a point at which sexy design overwhelms the usefulness of the data? Read More »
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