The startup Observable is trying to echo GitHub with a free tool and platform for creating, sharing, and tweaking data visualizations. Creating sophisticated data visualizations may not be for ...

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Pictured left to right: Observable Space's Richard Hedrick, co-founder and president; Connor Poole, vice president of software and electrical engineering; Kevin Lott, vice president of optical and ...

Using data from deep-space surveys taken by NASA's Hubble Space Telescope and other observatories, astronomers have performed a census of the number of galaxies in the universe. The team came to the ...

Although our intuition is an incredibly useful tool for navigating daily life, developed from a lifetime of experience in our own bodies on Earth, it's often horrid for providing guidance outside of ...

Learn how to make the most of Observable JavaScript and the Observable Plot library, including a step-by-step guide to eight basic data visualization tasks in Plot. Built-in reactivity is one of ...

In the beginner’s guide to using Observable JavaScript, R, and Python with Quarto, I outlined how to use Observable within a Quarto file. However, one of my top tips for Quarto users learning ...

Assessing student learning effectively is often complicated by relying on ambiguous proxies such as grades, quiz scores, or assumptions about students' internal states, such as what they feel, think, ...