In November 2016 the BBC World Service launched a brand new show in which listeners would send in their science questions, and a team of fearless presenters would find answers. Ten years on, CrowdScience is still going strong. We’ve answered over five hundred questions from our l ...Show more
Are right-handed people more creative?
CrowdScience listener Nyok, in South Sudan, is right-handed and has always felt very creative. He's also noticed that left-handed people seem to be more logical. He's wondering if this has anything to do with the idea that different sides of your brain can be dominant for differe ...Show more
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