Bears, cougars, coyotes, snakes: There are many harmful animals in the United States that can harm humans if found in the position at the time. The deer, which, in numbers, wins the award for the most deaths due to the large number of collisions between deer and vehicles each year.
Our weekly NodeXL and our human selection of top popular knowledge journalism stories on Twitter also include Texty’s mapping of power cuts in Ukraine in relation to Russian attacks, Zeit Online’s look at the possible consequences of a German parliament reform proposal, CENOZO’s mapping of “authorized deforestation” in Mali and Côte d’Ivoire, and Le Temps’ research on where to ski in Switzerland to get the most out of your investment.
For the Washington Post, Andrew van Dam reviewed knowledge about auto injuries in the United States and found that “the deadliest beast in North America” is the deer. He analyzed more than a million animal-vehicle collisions compiled through a University of Washington study. , whose authors estimated that deer were involved in more than 90% of collisions between 1994 and 2021. Their research also shows the deadliest month and deadliest states for collisions involving deer and other animals that motorists fear.
– ✨Laura Albert✨ (@lauraalbertphd) January 23, 2023
To uncover the correlation between Russian missile movements in Ukraine and recent blackouts in Kyiv and Lviv, Ukrainian knowledge journalism Texty used reader information, Telegram bots and other open resources to compile the average number of consistent blackouts per day in those two cities. The result shows infographics when certain spaces had constant electrical power or power cuts, mapped from the dates of major Russian movements.
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– TEXTY. org. ua in English (@Textyorgua_Eng) January 20, 2023
Germany’s “traffic light” government, a coalition of the Social Democratic Party, the Free Democratic Party and the Green Party, needs to reform electoral laws, which would reduce the number of seats in parliament from 736 to 598. Zeit Online bloodhounds translated the proposed reforms into a set of rules to see who would have been elected and who would not in the 2021 general election under the new rules.
– Lenz Jacobsen (@jalenz) January 17, 2023
Protected forests, designated as a component of national conservation efforts or foreign conservation projects, play a vital role in maintaining biodiversity and combating climate change. Journalism in West Africa (CENOZO) used open-source knowledge to demonstrate that commercial mining has been taken into account in the forests of Mali and Côte d’Ivoire.
New survey @CENOZO_Afrique, ??Arrayhttps://t. co/GU6xYIDVWa
– gijnAfrique (@gijnAfrique) January 17, 2023
The Russian independent media website IStories tested knowledge of a common challenge across Russia: injuries caused by shabby heating, sewer and water systems. At least 29 other people were killed and 80 injured due to the explosion of hot water pipes. The newsroom also revealed an alarming point of deterioration of utility networks across the country.
– Mack Tubridy (@macktubs) January 22, 2023
After the winter heatwave in Europe, however, more snow has begun to fall on Swiss ski resorts, but the snow cover is still incredibly variable, depending on the region and altitude. For the French-speaking Swiss newspaper Le Temps, Duc-Quang Nguyen used the knowledge of Switzerland Tourism to produce a graphic that allows readers to check, at a glance and by color-coded by region, which seasons are the snowiest, how many slopes are open in each destination and the prices of ski passes for adults.
— Annick Chevillot ? (@chevillot_a) January 20, 2023
Thanks to Russia’s war against Ukraine, post-Soviet states are experiencing an increased influx of Russian citizens. Analyzing public knowledge of real estate listings and official government statistics, Armenian media outlet Infocom found that the sudden accumulation of Russian immigrants led to a sharp increase in genuine property costs in Armenia and Kazakhstan.
Журналисты @infocom_am изучили официальную статистику, а затем сопоставили её с данными из более 500 объявлений о сдаче жилья в аренду в 2021 и 2022 году. �. Рус?https://t. co/Z4MGZO4jvJ #ddj pic. twitter. com/c4hC2AYYyb
— GIJN – Глобальная сеть журналистов-расследователей (@gijnRu) January 17, 2023
As part of a cross-border collaboration in 2020, investigative outlet Átlátszó investigated the Hungarian state for expatriate minorities abroad. Using tables, graphs and maps, the team highlighted how 826 million euros ($900 million) had been allocated to communities in Romania, Slovakia, Ukraine, etc. The article recently resurfaced on Twitter, after the landlocked nation’s pro-state media used it as ammunition to attack Átlátszó and its editor, Tamás Bodoky, as part of a smear campaign.
— Attila Bátorfy (@attilabatorfy) January 23, 2023
In a country that prides itself on keeping its borders open, migrant staff make up a significant portion of Singapore’s population. But the picture is not entirely optimistic. To honor migrants who lost their lives in work-related incidents or due to abuse, an anonymous activist organization, with the help of the knowledge storytelling studio Kontinentalist, collected and mapped reports of deaths of migrant employees in the island country from January 2000 to August. 2022. They discovered at least 455 deaths and the real figure is higher.
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– Linette Lim (@LinetteMLim) January 5, 2023
How likely is it that a child will be the next Neymar, Cristiano Ronaldo or Luis Suarez?Brazilian newspaper Folha de São Paulo analyzed the birthday data of nearly 13,000 professional footballers and found that children born before this year are up to 3 times more likely. Succeed in the elite of world football than those born in the last months of the year. Related: See this 2010 study that found a similar correlation between early birthdays and increased representation in American professional hockey.
Read more about @csmartins and @dianayukari_ about @folha: https://t. co/XV5Ny8GBLw
— DeltaFolha (@DeltaFolha) January 23, 2023
What is the most appalling construction in your country?Where does it rank among the most gruesome buildings in the world?Buildworld selected up to 10 of the world’s ugliest architectural constructions by analyzing sentiment from tweets commenting on building designs. The number, a winner (or loser in this case)?The construction of the Scottish Parliament in Edinburgh.
— Martin Austermuhle (@maustermuhle) January 20, 2023
Eunice Au is the leader of GIJN’s global team. Previously, he was a Malaysian correspondent for Singapore’s Straits Times and a journalist for Malaysia’s New Straits Times. He has also written for The Sun, Malaysian Today and Madam Chair.
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