About 10 out of 100 people are left-handed. Understanding the reason why has intrigued scientists for many years. However, despite more than 100 years of scientific research on left-handedness, it is ...

Being left-handed seems to be an advantage in some sports, according to a study of athletes in world-rankings. Although only 1 in 10 people are left-handed, they found that more than 1 in 10 fencers ...

It is often said that left-handedness runs in families, and most lefties know one or more family members that are also left-handed. So is there any scientific data supporting these anecdotal reports?

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 ...

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 ...

"Hearst Magazines and Yahoo may earn commission or revenue on some items through these links." It's possible you know someone who is left handed or perhaps you're a lefty. Aside from the fact that ...

From minimal access to left handed tools like scissors, to even the building of infrastructure with only right handed people in mind, many left handed people know, first hand, just how much the world ...