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For the Love of Science: Ten Must-Reads for Science Enthusiasts
It’s hard to disassociate the prospect of reading a “science” book with the notion of the task becoming…
The Elements In Your Body
Carbon, hydrogen, nitrogen, oxygen, phosphorus, and sulfur are the primary elements essential for life, forming the basis of…
Unique Window into Early Element-Forming Processes Found in Stars Beyond Our Galaxy
At a Glance The universe’s first generation of stars was crucial in transforming the cosmos. These stars, born…
Why Is Mercury Liquid?
Mercury, a transition metal belonging to Group 12 of the periodic table, remains a liquid at room temperature…
Perhaps Faking Your Way to Discovering a New Element Isn’t Such a Good Idea
The fallout from the now-called “Ninov scandal,” which happened almost at the same time as another scientific misconduct scandal in…
Periodic Videos Presents: Helium
Periodic Videos is back, and Sir Martyn Poliakoff is here to teach us about the element that makes…
Periodic Videos Presents: Hydrogen
Sir Martyn Poliakoff, together with the Periodic Videos team, give a crash course into the most abundant element…
Where Does Gold Come From? Black Holes With Accretion Disks, Scientists Think
Earlier this year we at Modern Sciences did a piece on how the work of two bored astronomers…
How Two Astronomers With Some Markers Linked Us To the Stars
A very spirited Carl Sagan once said in one of the episodes of his 1980 TV miniseries Cosmos:…