Election cyberattacks? It’s incompetence we need to worry about
12 February 2020
Concerns about adversaries hacking democracy abound, but it’s sheer incompetence we should really be worried about, writes Annalee Newitz
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A woman with half a brain offers more proof of the organ's superpowers
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From a teenager excelling with half a brain to the organ's visual areas being co-opted in people who are blind, our brain's ability to adapt continues to amaze
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How bad is the Covid-19 coronavirus outbreak likely to get?
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Photon trick lets you bend the rules of quantum physics
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A basic rule of quantum physics is that knowing too much about an experiment will break quantum interference, but now physicists have discovered a way to bend that rule
World’s largest ever firework successfully explodes over Colorado
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Weighing around 1270 kilograms, the largest ever firework travelled at more than 480 kilometres and exploded over Steamboat Springs in Colorado
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If the new coronavirus reaches Africa, it could have a huge impact. But the continent is getting ready, and 29 countries will soon be able to test for the infection
