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Letter: For the record

Published 5 November 2014

• In our article on disrupting the blood-brain barrier, the area stimulated by ultrasound measured 1 by 5 centimetres (22 October, p 14).

• The rule of law fell short in our article on human innovation (25 October, p 32). The earliest recorded legal codes that we know of date from 4400 years ago.

Issue no. 2994 published 8 November 2014

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