When people walk around at random, most tend to go in a counterclockwise direction--regardless of their handedness or culture, scientists have found. RAn international team of researchers who carried ...

Researchers are at a loss for why people across cultures and ages, regardless of their dominant hand, have a natural bias toward wandering in a counterclockwise direction. By Rachel Nuwer Iñaki ...

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There’s a city park near my house with a small lake surrounded by a 2/3-mile trail that’s just perfect for running. It’s almost perfectly flat, and two large fountains spraying up from the lake’s ...