To the editor: In the 1954 book "How to Lie With Statistics" by Darrell Huff, the author explains how graphs, samples, averages and other data can be used to mislead readers. Business columnist ...

The Supreme Court’s decision to keep in abeyance its November 20 judgment on the definition of the Aravalli hills is timely and prevents an ecological disaster in vast areas of northern India, ...

Every reader seems to have a never-ending TBR, which only grows every time you’re recommended a new book to read. This ...

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Join us on a journey to better understand Houston, one question at a time. Sign up to get the Houston Explained newsletter in your inbox every Tuesday and Friday. Mikki Heckman asks: How do I avoid ...

MINSK, 5 January (BelTA) – The creation of a unified European army is impossible, Editor-in-Chief of the Words and Meanings almanac Elena Kondratieva-Salguero (France) said in a recent episode of ...

Having Tom Cruise fly in on a helicopter and land in a quaint British market town would ordinarily send locals into a fevered frenzy. But people living in East Grinstead have had enough. When the ...

AMBER GLENN NEVER dreamed of being an Olympian. From an early age, she loved everything about figure skating -- the crafting of a routine, the challenge of learning a new skill and even the long hours ...