Happy International Left-Handers Day! Started in 1976 by Dean R. Campbell, founder of the Left-Handers Club, today raises awareness about the everyday obstacles faced by roughly 10 per cent of the ...

From U.S. presidents to elite athletes, lefties have turned what was once a stigma into a surprising advantage.

Left-handers are more competitive than right-handers, according to a new study published in the journal Scientific Reports. The findings may help explain why left-handedness has persisted throughout ...

About 10.6% of humans are left-handed (Papadatou-Pastou et al., 2020) – but what about animals? Here are 7 surprising facts about the science of left-handedness in animals. Initially, scientists ...

It is a curious quirk of human nature that most of us prefer using our right-hand, while a minority of us, around 10 percent, prefer using their left — a ratio that has remained relatively stable ...

Left-handed people make up about 10 percent of the population, a minority that has faced everything from superstition to forced correction throughout history. Beyond the cultural challenges, ...

Researchers say they have found, for the first time, the genetic markers that influence whether someone is left-handed. They also found those people may have an advantage over right-handers when it ...

A new study from Cornell University goes against the grain of popular thought, arguing that left-handed people aren’t necessarily more creative than their right-handed counterparts after all. It’s ...