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Aug 2024
29m 44s

Why is my handwriting so messy?

Bbc World Service
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<p>CrowdScience listener Azeddine from Algeria has had bad handwriting since he was a child. In fact, it was so untidy that, when he later became a chemistry lecturer, his university students complained that they could not read his lecture notes. That was when he decided he had to do something about it. And it got him wondering… why do some of us have ver ... Show More
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