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Computers

SciShow Tangents

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By the eighties, we were using particle accelerators to shoot cancer. After a number of accidents, scientists called for an investigation into what was going on. And they found a bug that would occur if you put too many commands out at once. This week's episode is about how computer bugs can be harmful and even deadly.

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