China has been expanding its nuclear weapons arsenal

Today's data insight is by Bastian Herre.

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National poverty lines differ widely between countries

Today's data insight is by Esteban Ortiz-Ospina.

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Data on many mental illnesses is only available for a small number of countries

Today's data insight is by Saloni.

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Moore’s law has accurately predicted the progress in transistor counts over the last 50 years

Today's data insight is by Edouard Mathieu.

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Today, we will be offering a new position at Our World in Data, which I think would be my absolute dream job.

One of my main motivations for founding Our World in Data was to overcome the mad reality in academia that much of the most important research and data is locked away behind paywalls.

I wanted research and data to be a public good, accessible to *everyone*.

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Language-based AI systems have grown rapidly in recent years

Today's data insight is by Veronika Samborska.

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Oil spills from tankers have fallen by more than 90% since the 1970s

Today's data insight is by Hannah Ritchie.

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38 million km² of land are used for the production of meat and dairy — either as grazing land or cropland to grow animal feed.

This is an area as large as the entirety of the Americas.

From my article on how we can protect the world's wilderness: ourworldindata.org/agricultural-p…

Almost one billion children have died globally since 1950

Today's data insight is by Max Roser.

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Today's Data Insight, by Saloni & Fiona Spooner

What’s the leading cause of death in each country?

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NEW: CO₂ emissions from aviation have doubled in the last 30 years, and are likely to keep rising

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By Hannah Ritchie

Today's Data Insight, by Edouard Mathieu:

Japan has the highest ratio of elderly people relative to working-age people globally

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