Teachers, parents and textbook companies use technical "readability" formulas to determine how difficult reading materials are and to set reading levels by age group. But new research shows that the ...

My print column this week discusses readability formulas, which attempt to measure the minimum grade level needed to understand a given text. Microsoft Word includes a readability formula in its ...

But where did the number come from? It was generated by a mathematical readability formula. Invented in the 1920s after science teachers expressed a desire for more simplified texts for their students ...

A side-by-side comparison was floating around Facebook recently. It showed the same woman taking a selfie. On the left she looked thin but flabby. On the right she was built and beautiful. The caption ...

The incidence of hypogonadism and use of testosterone replacement therapy (TRT) are rising, while data evaluating the complexity and quality of health-care information available to patients on the ...