Uranium is a story of duality. It is a mineral pulled from ancient rocks that can light up a city or wipe one off the map. It’s not just a relic of the Cold War or science fiction. It’s real, it’s ...

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Marie Curie worked with radioactive material with her bare hands. More than 100 years later, Sophie Hardach travels to Paris ...

Is the Hubble constant—a key part of how we measure the expansion of our universe—in a crisis? Some cosmologists say yes.

Casey Harrell, who lost his voice to ALS 5 years ago, can now communicate in real time thanks to an interface which turns ...

A longstanding mystery of the periodic table involves a group of unique elements called lanthanides. Also known as rare earth ...

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These are almost one-quarter of the periodic table and are mainly found in the first four periods. Of these, 11 are essential elements that our bodies need in larger amounts: oxygen, carbon, ...