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Every day, thousands of stories are passed around the internet on blogs and via Twitter. A new study by Journalism.org has examined the source of those stories. It turns out, most of them come from old-school media. We may like to share information via Twitter, but the information we share comes from the morning's newspaper. This is a look at where blogs and Twitter users are getting their stories, and what kind of stories their users are most likely to link to.
An infographic based around the Ecosystems of the world. Created to be used as a learning aid for children, tried to present an overview of the ecosystems. On creating this infographic ripetungi.com discovered that Ecosystems are so complex with many different factors influencing them that it was difficult to present this in one infographic. This was the challenge in creating this graphic, which information to use to give an insight into the ecosystem while making it accessible for the audience.
ripetungi.com wanted to show an visually interesting graphic, mixing and breaking away from the vector imagery favoured in infographics at the moment. Using a pie chart as the base and mixing it with maps and photos of the different animals from that ecosystem, tried to create depth with the images and pull outs of info with the colours and shapes. With the amount of text on the graphic is was a major challenge. Hopefully it works, let me know your thoughts. Your thoughts are always welcome.
The popular TV shows portray scientists working in labs and solving crimes at rapid speed, with technology that isn't yet available. We take a look at the difference how real forensic scientists work and how they are shown on TV.
How did Steve Jobs get started? What about Warren Buffet? Marc Andressen? Sam Walton? Understanding the often humble beginnings for some of the most successful people in the world can shed some insight into the keys to the riches.
Diagram shows the routes by train from London to capitals of Europe. This infographic inspired by the classic Tube map.
The colours of the different lines are largely fanciful, with some faint logic: The red Imperial line connects some of the notable colonial capitals - London, Paris, Rome and Berlin; the light blue line connects Balkan capitals; the dark blue connects the Scandanavian capitals.
This is a map of The University of Warwick's 700 acre campus. For this map all 238 miles of them were walked on foot, traced by a GPS satellite. "Security was called on me twice on separate occasions," he says, "and I lost count of how many times I happened to trigger an automatic sliding door."
There are a variety bikers you may encounter in your lifetime - each displaying a unique set of characteristics. Here is a detailed look at each of these specimens - from The Drifter to The Hipster.
In this infographic, mint.com compare the salaries of the top-paid baseball, basketball, football, soccer and hockey players, take a look at salary caps and give you the average compensation for a professional in each of these sports.
