As a left-handed person, I feel compelled to mention this. A recent paper with the engaging title ‘Parallel Emergence of True Handedness in the Evolution of Marsupials and Placentals’ observes that ‘Bipedal macropod marsupials display population-level left-forelimb preference’. In English this means kangaroos basically use their left paws in preference to their right ones for …

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Mount Gambier is surrounded by pine forests. There are some eucalypt forests as well. This post on Today I Found Out is about what demarcates the difference between hardwood and softwood. Apparently the Janka Hardness Test is the common scale for determining the hardness of various types of wood. It also reveals (in a qualified …

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