When people on airplanes ask Alan Newell what he works on, he tells them "flower arrangements." He could also say "fingerprints" or "sand ripples" or "how plants grow." "Most patterns you see, ...

The number of Venezuelans in the U.S. has more than doubled in five years, to about 1.2 million. That makes Venezuelans the fastest-growing Hispanic group in percentage terms, far ahead of Ecuadorians ...