This week’s question: Scientists have discovered that humans naturally drift to the left while walking or running — a tendency that holds true across cultures and ages, and that applies to both left- and right-handed people. If the research team were to write a popular science book exploring our puzzling preference for counterclockwise movement, what should it be titled?
THE WINNER: “Why We’re Never Right”
Thomas Reinhart, Tampa
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SECOND PLACE: “Left to Our Own Devices”
Mary Jo Astrachan, Oneida, N.Y.
THIRD PLACE: “The Leftrovers”
Laurel Rose, Pittsburgh
HONORABLE MENTIONS:
“Why We End Up Going in Circles”
Kenneth Walker, Bridgeport, Ohio
“When Right Feels So Wrong”
Erica Avery, Greenfield, Mass.
“Go Left, Young Man”
Ken Kellam III, Dallas
“Take the L”
Jesse Rifkin, Arlington, Va.
“Leftward Bound”
Teri Malkin, Rowland Heights, Calif.
“My Left Footpath”
Bill Levine, Belmont, Mass.
“Turn, Turn, Turn…There Is a Reason”
Lidia Zidik, Reading, Pa.
“The NASCAR Effect”
Matt Picel, West Bend, Wis.
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