Freelance writer Amanda C. Kooser covers gadgets and tech news with a twist for CNET. When not wallowing in weird gear and iPad apps for cats, she can be found tinkering with her 1956 DeSoto. Humans ...

Despite seeing it in nearly every book, newspaper, and email message, people are essentially unaware of the more common version of the lowercase print letter g, Johns Hopkins researchers have found.

Since publishing a recent research study she led about the peculiarities of the letter "g," she's been congratulated by people she barely knows, approached by classmates who want to discuss it with ...