Data from orbiting telescopes like NASA's Kepler Mission hint that the tally of habitable planets in our galaxy is many billion. If E.T.'s not out there, then Earth is more than merely special - it's some sort of miracle. Seth Shostak billiondatumearth share on social
Data, I think, is one of the most powerful mechanisms for telling stories. I take a huge pile of data and I try to get it to tell stories. Steven Levitt datumhugemechanism Change image and share on social
Data indicate that taxpayers may be paying their public servants more than a little too much. Jason Chaffetz datumpaypublic Change image and share on social
Data-intensive graph problems abound in the Life Science drug discovery and development process. Leroy Hood abounddatumdevelopment Change image and share on social
Data is a precious thing and will last longer than the systems themselves. Tim Berners-Lee datumlongprecious Change image and share on social
Data is not information, information is not knowledge, knowledge is not understanding, understanding is not wisdom. Clifford Stoll datuminformationknowledge Change image and share on social
Data is the fabric of the modern world: just like we walk down pavements, so we trace routes through data, and build knowledge and products out of it. Ben Goldacre builddatumfabric Change image and share on social
Data is the kind of ubiquitous resource that we can shape to provide new innovations and new insights, and it's all around us, and it can be mined very easily. David McCandless datumeasilyinnovation Change image and share on social
