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This is Scientific American 60-Second Science. I'm Christie Nicholson. Got a minute?

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We might think women are not as adept as men at wielding heavy tools, like say, hammers, according to popular stereotypes.

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But turns out that women may have a leg up when it comes to hammering in certain situations.

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This was announced at the recent Experimental Biology annual meeting in Glasgow, Scotland.

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Scientists measured the accuracy and force of men and women's blows to a metal plate.

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They also tested their hammer style in rooms that were either brightly lit or pitch dark.

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Glow-in-the-dark stickers marked the targets.

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Indeed they found that men struck twice as hard as the women.

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But women were 25 percent more accurate than men in well-lit conditions.

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Surprisingly both sexes were better than expected at hammering in the dark, although men had an advantage, with about 10 percent higher accuracy.

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The researchers theorize that maybe men and women inherently use different strategies, putting more emphasis on either force or accuracy, respectively.

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But these are preliminary results.

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They intend to do further studies with larger sample sizes in different conditions.

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But for now that old stereotype might need to be retooled.

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Thanks for the minute, for Scientific American 60-Second Science. I'm Christie Nicholson.

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