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Oops, NASA Made a Mistake

Everyone makes mistakes, but you wouldn’t expect it from the worlds best scientists! A rather smart 17 year old school boy from Sheffield found a mistake in Nasa’s data recently. During an A Level Physics lesson, Miles spotted a discrepancy amongst the data from the radiation sensors on the International Space Station (ISS).

Missed by Nasa experts, found by school boy

His class were studying the spreadsheets as part of the Institute of Research in Schools’ (IRIS) TimPix project – a pioneering project which gives UK students the opportunity to work on real data from Nasa’s space station. The students’ aim is to analyse the data and pick out any anomalies and patterns which could lead to further discoveries. Miles realised the sensors were intermittently recording false data and emailed Nasa to bring the error to their attention.

The radiation data that Miles was analysing originated from Tim Peake’s recent stay on the station; Miles said “I went straight to the bottom of the list and I went for the lowest bits of energy there were.” He noticed the data has recorded -1 energy, which isn’t physically possible because you cannot get negative energy. As he looked closer, Miles noticed the sensors were recording incorrect data several times a day – something the Nasa experts hadn’t noticed, or at least didn’t think was happening so frequently. Miles’ correction was said to be “appreciated” by Nasa. What an inspiring story!

Price drops so good they look like mistakes…

Aside from Nasa’s minor data error, it’s not all embarrassing news this week. We’ve worked our astrological magic and the planets have aligned to create the perfect conditions for a batch of otherworldly-good-value price drops! Below are the latest 79 price drops, so now you can call your friends, loved ones and work colleagues for even less than before! Let’s take a look….

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Malta down to just… 1p per min!
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Reunion Mobile down to just… 10p per min!
Slovakia Mobile down to just… 4p per min!
Spain Mobile down to just… 3p per min!
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Trinidad and Tobago down to just… 15p per min!
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Tunisia Mobile down to just… 70p per min!
Ukraine Mobile down to just… 18p per min!
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Austria down to just… 2p per min!
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Azores down to just… 1p per min!
Bahamas down to just… 8p per min!
Bulgaria down to just… 2p per min!
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Croatia down to just… 2p per min!
Croatia Mobile down to just… 4p per min!
Czech Republic down to just… 2p per min!
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Equatorial Guinea Mobile down to just… 35p per min!
Faroe Islands Mobile down to just… 8p per min!
France Mobile down to just… 5p per min!
Greece Mobile down to just… 2p per min!
Hungary Mobile down to just… 3p per min!
Italy Mobile down to just… 3p per min!
Japan down to just… 2p per min!
Kenya Mobile down to just… 5p per min!
Lithuania down to just… 2p per min!
Lithuania Mobile down to just… 3p per min!
Malta down to just… 1p per min!
Niger down to just… 30p per min!
North Korea down to just… 40p per min!
Panama down to just… 2p per min!
Portugal down to just… 1p per min!
Reunion Mobile down to just… 7p per min!
Slovakia Mobile down to just… 3p per min!
Spain Mobile down to just… 3p per min!
Switzerland Mobile down to just… 10p per min!
Syria Mobile down to just… 9p per min!
Tanzania Mobile down to just… 20p per min!
Tunisia Mobile down to just… 50p per min!
Ukraine Mobile down to just… 13p per min!
Zambia Mobile down to just… 20p per min!

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