The amazingly diverse world of viruses
Viruses are biological marvels: so tiny, so sly. They are typically an order of magnitude smaller than bacteria and they’re the most common organisms on the...
The data round-up #1 - April 2023
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Italy and the shape of pasta
📢 Hey everyone, first of all some little news: I will start proactively using Notes, the new Substack feature, where I will post news and content about the...
Do we know our cooking fats and oils?
The nutritional content (per 100g) of 16 cooking oils/fats, the graph displays saturated, monounsaturated and polyunsaturated fats, along with their smoke...
The EU of working women
Every year on the 8th of March see and read “inspirational” messages on gender equality from various institutions, companies and organisations that remind us...
Romance languages: so near, so far
Folks, it’s another heatmap today. By the way, you may have noticed I skipped a week - sorry! I’ve had a bunch of things on didn’t manage to finish this in...
Cocktails, spirits & data
Maybe you’ve been doing dry January and are now looking forward to a tipple, or maybe you’re just like me: I drink very little but are somewhat fascinated by...
2022, annus horribilis
Hey everyone! First of all, I’d like to say hello to all the new subscribers as a bunch of you arrived here recently 👋 - I’m really happy to see this little...
Christmas keeps upping the movies game
I got curious as to whether we’re producing more and more Christmas movies every year, as judging from the number of things that usually drop on Netflix come...
Not just Martinis
Everyone knows that James Bond drank a lot, but how much exactly, and what did he gulp down, other than the notorious “shaken, not stirred” Martinis? Well,...
New England Recipes, circa 1900
Today, we’re looking at data about food recipes from New England dating from the early 1900s. “New England“ is the collective name for the group of United...
A journey through Renoir's colours, in data
This is a fairly long post, originally published on my site and slightly edited for here. But you can certainly skip the technical and art details in the...
Dickens' "Pictures from Italy", a Victorian travelogue
I have recently embarked on a journey across books devoted to adventure and travel - it's being quite the reading journey (pun intended), and "Pictures from...
Hello from little data stories - coming soon
Hi, it’s Martina. You may know me, whether IRL on from somewhere digital, possibly Twitter (while/if you’re still there). If you don’t know me, I’m a...
