As time goes by, it seems like there is less and less of a need to write things down by hand. Letters are no longer necessary ...

To the editor: As a left-hander who can, figuratively, bat from both sides of the plate, I greatly enjoyed David Ulin’s op-ed article about southpaws representing the best of all possible worlds. In ...

Though writing by hand is increasingly being eclipsed by the ease of computers, a new study finds we shouldn't be so quick to throw away the pencils and paper: handwriting helps people learn certain ...

The art of letter writing is not dead. Rachel Syme, a New Yorker staff writer, learned that during the early days of the pandemic. Longing for human connection, she asked her followers on social media ...

As I sat at my computer one day last week, I began typing an email to a friend. I thought about what I was doing, and my thoughts focused on something I have not done in years; I suspect the same is ...

In an age where screens dominate classrooms and workplaces, handwriting might seem like a relic of the past. But research shows that putting pen to paper plays a crucial role in literacy development. ...

When most people think about handedness, they have two different forms in mind: Left-handedness and right-handedness. Overall, studies that investigated how many people are left-handed and ...

Emails, texts, tweets, posts – in the 21st century, we write more than ever but without putting pen to paper. We frequently and casually fire off digital messages using generic text speak and ...

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 ...