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Women are better than men at the free throw line

  • Written by Larry M. Silverberg, Professor of Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering, North Carolina State University

As basketball season comes into full swing, consider another competition – the one between the blue and pink teams.

The battle of the sexes is as old as time. It is the subject of conversation in any endeavor in which both men and women participate. And historically, when it comes to sports, the bragging rights often go to the men.

But, in a...

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