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Health & Medicine

Statins may improve odds of surviving a bleeding stroke

Common cholesterol-lowering drugs called statins may help people who have suffered a stroke caused by ruptured blood vessels.

Neuroscience

Dyslexic brain may solve some math problems in a roundabout way

Children with dyslexia rely heavily on right brain to do addition problems.

Tech

Hopping robot powered by explosions

A soft-bodied robot that can jump with the help of an explosion could one day aid search-and-rescue operations.

Environment

Crops take up drugs from recycled water

Plants irrigated with recycled wastewater can soak up tiny amounts of pharmaceutical compounds but what this means for human health is unclear.