The invention of abstraction was not the inspiration of a solitary protagonist, but a relay of ideas that moved through a network of artists and intellectuals working in different countries and ...

These might look like cute watercolor paintings, but Jill Pelto’s art is based on hard data. Literally–the paintings are constructed around graphs showing climate change data. It’s like a deluxe, ...

Everyone who has tried to figure out something has experienced the pleasure of seeing how things fit together — connecting the dots, or following the money, as they say. One of the most fascinating ...

Anchorage may not be the most well-connected location in the world. But as it turns out, when people and data are well-connected, location may follow. Anchorage was host to SIGKDD's Conference on ...