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Cosmic challenge: protecting supercomputers from an extraterrestrial threat

Physics World

The impact of cosmic radiation is not always as trivial as determining who wins a Super Mario game, or as positive in its outcome. The culprit, again, was most likely cosmic radiation. An SEU bit flip was also held responsible for errors in an electronic voting machine in Belgium in 2003 that added 4096 extra votes to one candidate.

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Why Nuclear Justice for the Marshall Islands is the Biggest US-China Issue You’ve Never Heard Of

Union of Concerned Scientists

” Tony DeBrum, Marshallese politician and government minister Nuclear testing spread radioactive material across the islands, in some cases causing immediate radiation poisoning, and in the long term leading to persistent health problems across generations, including cancers and reproductive issues like miscarriages and stillbirths.

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