Though writing by hand is increasingly being eclipsed by the ease of computers, a new study finds we shouldn't be so quick to throw away the pencils and paper: handwriting helps people learn certain ...

Centuries ago, one of the first Christians in the Roman Empire to live in the province of Egypt wrote a letter to an acquaintance on papyrus—a kind of thick form of paper used in ancient times. This ...

Emails, texts, tweets, posts – in the 21st century, we write more than ever but without putting pen to paper. We frequently and casually fire off digital messages using generic text speak and ...

Who cares about penmanship if we’re typing everything and reading words on a screen? But then again, handwriting is a fascinating window into human cognitive activity. Sure, graphology is a murky ...