errors

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Thousands of people were not paid all the money that their deceased relatives had kept with the bank, due to errors in identifying all NS&I products held by the customer before they died.

From BBC • May 19, 2026

Builders say the claims reflect a tiny fraction of the total homes they produce and that errors are typically the fault of subcontractors, not the companies.

From The Wall Street Journal • May 18, 2026

High-energy particles from the Sun and deep space can also trigger computer errors that force spacecraft into "safe mode," temporarily shutting down nonessential systems until engineers resolve the issue.

From Science Daily • May 15, 2026

Diagnostic tools are calibrated on the relative harm of different errors.

From Salon • May 12, 2026

In 1543 Andreas Vesalius published The Fabric of the Human Body, in which he identified scores of errors in Galen’s works.

From "The Invention of Science" by David Wootton