The metal they thought could change the world – until people started to die
The wonder of Radium, a glowing treasure discovered by Marie Curie, blinded the world to its perils... and it quickly became ...
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The 121 grams of material brought directly from the asteroid Bennu contain key elements for life
Analyses of rock and dust samples from the asteroid Bennu collected and brought to Earth by the OSIRIS-REx spacecraft show ...
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How Japan took the lead in the race to discover element 119
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Researchers Are Testing How Cold They Can Make Indium—It Might Result in a New State of Matter
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What is Silicon? Computing's Most Important Element, Explained
Silicon (Si) is a metalloid, element number 14 on the periodic table. Like carbon ... in a lot of those colorful "grow-your-own-crystal" science kits. During the Civil War, waterglass was the ...
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Lead pollution in ancient Rome may have lowered IQ levels, study finds
Pic: DRI/Jessi LeMay Researchers used modern studies of lead exposure to determine how much of the chemical element would have ... was widely used in glazed table wares, paints, cosmetics, and ...
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Space science and exploration in 2025: What to know
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This book should be required reading for every science student
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