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Since element 99 -- einsteinium -- was discovered in 1952 from the debris of the first hydrogen bomb, scientists have performed very few experiments with it because it is so hard to create and is ...

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The first-ever discovery of an extraterrestrial radioactive isotope on Earth has scientists rethinking the origins of the elements on our planet. The first-ever discovery of an extraterrestrial ...

Through a process of elimination, we can move through the periodic table to find out why most elements were never suited to hold value. Gases, reactive or radioactive elements, and metals that are too ...