How Britain built some of the world’s safest roads(ourworldindata.org)

116 points by sien 1 year ago | 203 comments

Where does air pollution come from?(ourworldindata.org)

207 points by kamaraju 1 year ago | 113 comments

Childhood leukemia: how a deadly cancer became treatable(ourworldindata.org)

296 points by surprisetalk 1 year ago | 89 comments

Who would have won the Simon-Ehrlich bet over different decades?(ourworldindata.org)

61 points by sien 1 year ago | 55 comments

China reduced sulphur dioxide emissions by more than two-thirds in past 15 years(ourworldindata.org)

58 points by therabbithole 1 year ago | 36 comments

The world is awful. The world is much better. The world can be much better(ourworldindata.org)

363 points by colonCapitalDee 2 years ago | 265 comments

Max Roser essay on Our World in Data arguing the world is simultaneously awful, much better than before, and capable of becoming much better.

CDC data are disappearing(theatlantic.com)

614 points by doener 1 year ago | 479 comments

The Atlantic article by Katherine J. Wu reporting that the CDC has removed scientific data from public view, with more removals possibly to follow.

We’re secretly winning the war on cancer(vox.com)

365 points by lr0 1 year ago | 161 comments

Vox Future Perfect article by Bryan Walsh arguing that falling cancer death rates reflect quiet advances like reduced smoking and immunotherapy.

Americans' social activity has steeply declined in the past 30 years(dataforprogress.org)

543 points by hubraumhugo 12 days ago | 519 comments

Data for Progress blog post presenting survey data showing Americans' social activity has declined sharply over the past 30 years, amid concerns about a loneliness epidemic.

Death rates rose in hospital ERs after private equity firms took over(nbcnews.com)

635 points by coloneltcb 1 year ago | 388 comments

NBC News article on a study finding emergency department death rates rose at hospitals after private equity takeovers, likely due to reduced staffing.

Americans are spending billions on stuff they forget to cancel(wsj.com)

352 points by hhs 2 years ago | 567 comments

Wall Street Journal article about Americans spending billions on subscriptions such as streaming services that they forget to cancel.

EVs are depreciating faster than gas-powered cars(restofworld.org)

394 points by belter 1 year ago | 866 comments

Rest of World article reporting that electric vehicles lose resale value faster than gas cars, threatening the global EV transition, with reference to BluSmart's collapse.