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They are at time.com/newsletters and are separate from a paid subscription.  ## Lon Tweeten Lon Tweeten is the graphics director at TIME. His infographics and animations cover news topics including science, health, technology, and sports. He has won a Pulitzer Prize for Public Service as well as a number of other infographic awards including several from The Society for News Design.  ## Lon Tweeten *  Feb 3, 2026 ### [A Breakdown of Ilia Malinin's Jumps](https://time.com/7358358/winter-olympics-2026-ilia-malinin-jumps/) There's a reason the Olympic figure skater is known as "The Quad God" [SPORTS](/section/sports/) *  Apr 17, 2024 ### [An Animated Guide to the Rare 2024 Cicada Co-Emergence](https://time.com/6968210/cicada-brood-emergence-animation-2024/) It will be the first time since 1803—when Thomas Jefferson was President—that these particular brood... [SCIENCE](/section/science/) *  Jun 21, 2023 ### [What Abortion Laws Look Like in the U.S. One Year After the Fall of _Roe v. Wade_](https://time.com/6288526/abortion-laws-map-2023-dobbs-anniversary/) TIME compiled data about abortion restrictions in all 50 states and D.C. [U.S.](/section/us/) *  Apr 28, 2022 ### [The Numbers That May Have Convinced Elon Musk That Twitter Was Worth $44 Billion](https://time.com/6171871/why-elon-musk-wanted-twitter-in-numbers/) [BUSINESS](/section/business/) *  May 12, 2021 ### [An Animated Guide to This Year's Massive Brood X Cicada Emergence](https://time.com/6047529/brood-x-cicada/) Trillions of the insects are about to emerge across the eastern U.S. [SCIENCE](/section/science/) *  Mar 17, 2021 ### [29 Numbers That Show How the Pandemic Has Changed Our Lives](https://time.com/5947302/covid-19-data/) [HEALTH](/section/health/) *  Jul 9, 2020 ### [Carbon Emissions Dropped Due to Coronavirus. Can It Last?](https://time.com/5864374/coronavirus-carbon-emissions/) [HEALTH](/section/health/) *  May 21, 2020 ### [How Remdesivir Fights COVID-19 Inside the Body](https://time.com/5839932/how-remdesivir-works-coronavirus/) [HEALTH](/section/health/) *  Jan 30, 2020 ### [A Timeline of How the Wuhan Coronavirus Has Spread—And How the World Has Reacted](https://time.com/5774366/how-coronavirus-spread-china/) [HEALTH](/section/health/) *  Jun 11, 2019 ### [Greed, Weather and Inexperience: See How Mount Everest's Deadly Season Compares to Past Years](https://time.com/5604758/mount-everest-deaths/) Expert climbers blame greed, inexperience and bad weather [SPORTS](/section/sports/) *  Jan 11, 2018 ### [This Map Shows Where Americans Are Being Told 'Do Not Travel' in Mexico](https://time.com/5099238/mexico-travel-warning-map/) The State Department is urging Americans to avoid these areas [WORLD](/section/world/) *  Jul 6, 2017 ### [Why Total Solar Eclipses Are So Rare](https://time.com/4834676/total-solar-eclipse-2017-rare/) A total solar eclipse occurs on a given spot on the planet only once every 375 years [SCIENCE](/section/science/) *  Jun 12, 2017 ### [Teens Are Getting More Depressed But Using Fewer Drugs](https://time.com/4811761/teens-depression-drug-abuse/) The latest report compiles information on substance use, as well as treatment, reported in 2015 from... [HEALTH](/section/health/) *  May 16, 2017 ### [This Graphic Shows Why President Trump’s Border Wall Won’t Stop Immigrants From Crossing](https://time.com/4729470/mexico-border-wall-trump-undocumented-immigrants/) It likely won't be enough to deter migrants who are already risking their lives, experts say [U.S.](/section/us/) *  May 5, 2017 ### [Why Bacteria Are More Threatening Than Ever](https://time.com/4767683/bacteria-antibiotic-resistance-superbugs/) [HEALTH](/section/health/) Meta: null ```json [{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"Organization","@id":"https://time.com/","name":"TIME","url":"https://time.com/","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://time.com/images/logo.png","width":528,"height":156},"foundingDate":"March 3, 1923","sameAs":["https://www.facebook.com/time","https://www.instagram.com/time/?hl=en","https://twitter.com/time","https://www.pinterest.com/timemagazine"]},{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"BreadcrumbList","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"item":{"@id":"https://time.com/","name":"Home"}},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"item":{"@id":"https://time.com/author/lon-tweeten/","name":"Lon Tweeten"}}]},{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"Person","@id":"https://time.com/author/lon-tweeten/","mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://time.com/author/lon-tweeten/"},"name":"Lon Tweeten","jobTitle":null,"description":"Lon Tweeten is the graphics director at TIME. 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