How do left-handed and right-handed molecules differ? Researchers at ETH Zurich are using a new imaging method to visualize what was previously only measurable as an average, opening up new ...

MINNEAPOLIS — What do Lebron James, David Bowie and Bill Gates all have in common? They're left-handed. While they're a minority of the population, they're not alone. So why are we right- or ...

NPR's Ayesha Rascoe speaks with Clyde Francks, a geneticist in the Netherlands, about the latest research into what makes people left or right-handed. If you're left-handed, like me, you know you are ...

Left-handers face many a challenge in everyday life in a world designed for right-handed people. But the tendency to have a dominant side does not only apply to people, and scientists have shown that ...

Every other Friday on NHPR's Morning Edition, the Outside/In team answers a question from a listener about the natural world. This week, Bill from Lyme, New Hampshire asked: "Do cats and other animals ...

About 90 percent of Americans are right-handed, while about 10 percent are left-handed. While most people are pretty confident about whether they are left- or right-handed, there is a surprisingly ...

About 10% of people in the world are left-handed. Lefties have to endure lots of little daily struggles righties might not think about. Swiping credit cards and cutting with scissors are just two ...

Why is the heart slightly on the left side of the body for most people? Why is DNA almost always a right-handed helix? Same with alpha helices, the building blocks of proteins. Chirality, or ...

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 ...

Does it make any difference if a human is left or right-handed or if a dog prefers to use his left or right paw when manipulating objects? I am continually struck by the similarity in the behavior ...