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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.

Earth

Supervolcano blast would blanket U.S. in ash

A new simulation illustrates the explosiveness of the volcano that lurks beneath Yellowstone National Park in Wyoming.