W hen I was first learning to write, my letters and words ran from right to left, reversed as if in a mirror. Being ...

About 10 percent of the population is left-handed. Studies have identified a number of genes correlated with handedness that are related to microtubules, which help cells maintain their shapes. Dann ...

We’ve all heard the whispers. Those southpaws among us supposedly have some kind of secret intellectual edge. From Leonardo da Vinci sketching with his left hand to Einstein supposedly jotting down ...

See more of our trusted coverage when you search. Prefer Newsweek on Google to see more of our trusted coverage when you search. For decades, popular wisdom has held that left-handed people have a ...

Left-handed kids haven't had it easy. For many centuries, people thought that doing things with your right hand was proper & pure, while doing so with your left hand was practically a sin. It's a ...

A recent study suggests that left-handed people have an advantage in competitive contexts, while righties tend to cooperate better. Thank “evolutionarily stable strategy” for the mix. A study ...