iPad prices around the worldThe Apple iPad has finally gone on sale around the world. Will we all pay a premium for not being Americans? Yep, but interestingly, the US model isn’t the cheapest — and the Aussie one isn’t the most expensive.
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The real great Australian bite
In all the debate about population growth in Australia, there is one key issue that needs looking at: food production. Can we continue to grow all the food we need without properly addressing climate change?
REVEALED: How much an oil spill costs
Remaining proven oil reserves will last us an estimated 29 years. Can we really afford to keep spilling it all in the ocean?
Nick Clegg’s options: a decision tree
Very cool: economist Tony Curzon Price has drawn up a “decision tree”, mapping the choices UK Lib Dem leader Nick Clegg faces in negotiating deals (or not) with the Tories or Labour.
The (d)evolution of your privacy on Facebook
A simple but rather scary interactive infographic showing how the privacy of your personal data on Facebook has been eroded over the past five years.
Petrol prices go up, drivers slam the brakes
It seems like an obvious correlation, but sometimes you need a graph to see that rising gas prices does (eventually) decrease driving rates.
Who holds the most Greek debt?
Reuters graphs which countries’ banks are holding the most Greek debt: France, Switzerland and Germany have the most to lose.
What different colours mean to different cultures
An amazing chart showing the huge contrast in the way cultures attach meaning to colour. Pink may be “feminine” to us, but it means “healthy” to the Japanese, and “freedom” to Hindus.
An oily history of spills
Currently 160,000 litres of oil is being leaked into the Gulf of Mexico following a massive explosion on a US drilling platform. But it’s just a drop in the ocean compared to the oil spills by the Iraqi army in the Gulf War.
What if you had bought Apple stock instead of an Apple product?
An amazing graph comparing how much money you would have made by investing in Apple stock instead of various Apple gadgets: if you’d invested that $5700 in 1997 instead of buying that PowerBook G3, you’d now be sitting on $330,563.
Who’s spending the most on renewable energy?
GOOD compares countries’ expenditure and production of renewable energy, and how much of their total energy output that actually represents.
Eyjafjallajökull’s emissions vs. CO2 saved by cancelled flights
Which emits more carbon per day: the world’s most hated volcano, or the European aviation industry? Guess.
US trade bans around the world
Which countries around the world are being denied a sweet slice of American economic pie — and why?
The happiest places on Earth
GOOD graphs 30 years of information from the World Database of Happiness, showing which countries have gotten happier and sadder, and the major events that have affected nations’ moods.
Which country consumes the most fake food?
The NYT compares different countries’ consumption of fresh food versus packaged food. Surprise! American eat a lot of prepackaged and frozen crap, the Chinese and Indians don’t.
What dating site stats reveal about political ideology
Online dating service OkCupid.com’s resident numbers nerd digs into its detailed user data to reveal some fascinating insights into patterns in American political beliefs and demographics.
PolliGraph debate drilldowns
Roy Morgan has shared its audience data from last week’s Rudd-Abbott health debate with Crikey, and Possum Comitatus is drilling into all the dirty demographic breakdowns.
The evolution of four fables
A beautiful and brillians data visualisation of how four classic stories — Pygmalion, Faust, Oedipus and Leviathan — have been written and rewritten in different countries and eras.
A century of American eating
The US Department of Agriculture looks at food availability and consumption in America over the past 100 years. It’s a fascinating look at how the Western diet has changed (in most cases, not for the better) over the last century.
This is why we’re fat
When soft drink costs less to buy than a bag of oranges, is it any surprise that we’re suffering obesity issues? A fascinating graph from the US shows how fruit is 46% more expensive now than in the 70s.
Who owns the news media?
An interactive database of who owns what in the US media, profiling the companies and people who decide what you read, watch and listen to every day.
The spin cycle: how your newspaper fared
A joint study between Crikey and the ACIJ has found that nearly 55% of Australian newspaper articles analysed were driven by some form of PR. See all the damning data.
What made all of Canada pee at the same time?
With apparently 80% of Canadians watching the gold medal ice hockey match between USA and Canada, it may seem unsurprising that there was a direct correlation between toilets being flushed across the land and the quarters of the game. Too tense to pee in the last quarter?
Watch the internet take over the world
The BBC has created an interactive visualisation mapping of the internet’s growth from 1998 to today.
The CEO gender gap
CXO visualises the number of female CEOs by industry and at the top of Fortune 500 companies. It’s not an encouraging picture: women may make up 40% of the global workforce, but equality is still a long way off.
