In this weekly Plain Facts compilation, we present to you data-based insights, with easy-to-read charts, to help you delve deeper into the stories reported by Mint in the week gone by.

There’s a little waffling here: one source claims that actually it’s Democrats who prefer vanilla, while Republicans go for chocolate; and a Baskin-Robbins poll found that there’s a substantial ...

After spotting the deepest hydrate seep ever, scientists were shocked to discover a deep-sea ecosystem thriving on the Arctic seafloor. New findings suggest sunlight may not be powerful enough to ...

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As flu cases climb, BPHC urges people to get vaccinated Special to the Gazette The Boston Public Health Commission (BPHC) is informing residents that flu has been associated with the deaths of two ...