In Brief
Oct 20, 2003
<b>New initiative on information<br>Left-handers have advantage</b>
New initiative on information
ROME –– A new initiative has been launched to provide researchers and academics in some of the world’s poorest countries with free or low-cost access to scientific literature in food, nutrition, agriculture and related biological, environmental and social sciences. The initiative was announced on 14 October in Rome by the UN’s Food and Agricultural Organisation (FAO) and a range of public and private sector partners. The long-term goal of increasing the quality and effectiveness of agricultural research and training in low-income countries.
Left-handers have advantage
AUSTRALIA –– Left-handed batsmen did best in the last Cricket World Cup, Australian researchers have discovered. Southpaws are used to squaring up to right-handers, but the reverse is not true, so lefties’ rarity gives them an advantage. The most successful teams, such as Australia, were nearly half left-handed. Left-handers also do better than average in tennis and fencing.
ROME –– A new initiative has been launched to provide researchers and academics in some of the world’s poorest countries with free or low-cost access to scientific literature in food, nutrition, agriculture and related biological, environmental and social sciences. The initiative was announced on 14 October in Rome by the UN’s Food and Agricultural Organisation (FAO) and a range of public and private sector partners. The long-term goal of increasing the quality and effectiveness of agricultural research and training in low-income countries.
Left-handers have advantage
AUSTRALIA –– Left-handed batsmen did best in the last Cricket World Cup, Australian researchers have discovered. Southpaws are used to squaring up to right-handers, but the reverse is not true, so lefties’ rarity gives them an advantage. The most successful teams, such as Australia, were nearly half left-handed. Left-handers also do better than average in tennis and fencing.