# Max Planck Research magazine _Visualizing scientific findings_ Published: 2015-09-01 Max Planck Research society is on the forefront of scientific research, and one of my long-time clients. For their quarterly magazine [Max Planck Research](http://www.mpg.de/mpresearch), I created a double spread data graphic, explaining cutting edge research for interested audiences. ## Key visuals - Detail of human mortality rising steeply with age while fertility peaks young, beside overlaid demographic trajectory curves - Constant and declining mortality charts for nematode worm, yellow baboon, great tit and hydra, each with an illustration - Full double-page Ageing infographic comparing how death risk changes with age across ten species The graphic highlights an interesting finding, as described in the Nature paper ["Diversity of ageing across the tree of life"](http://www.demogr.mpg.de/en/projects_publications/publications_1904/journal_articles/diversity_of_ageing_across_the_tree_of_life_4897.htm): Not all living beings have the development of mortality (i.e. the probability to die of ageing) over the course of their life. While for humans, it becomes more and more likely to die the older they get, some animals and plants have the opposite curve — they get actually less likely to die, the *older* they become. The graphic highlights this surprising fact and shows a few of the most characteristic curves. ![Ageing infographic showing how mortality risk changes with age for humans and nine other species across the tree of life]() (click the image for a high res version) ## Credits Thanks to [Jane Pong](http://officeofjane.com) for the support with concept and design and [Sarene Chan](https://web.archive.org/web/20250220061208/https://sarenechan.com/) for the great work on the illustrations! --- [View on truth-and-beauty.net](https://truth-and-beauty.net/projects/mpg-graphics)