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New Element 115, Ununpentium, May Join Periodic Table
The periodic table of the elements has grown ever since the first version was published by Dmitri Mendeleev in...
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Mars Had an Oxygen-Rich Atmosphere Four Billion Years Ago
Mars had an oxygen-rich atmosphere more than a billion years before the Earth, say scientists. An examination of meteorites...
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The NEW Periodic Table Song
ASAP Science is an organization commited to helping you understand science in your own life. Their weekly videos cover...
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Chlorine, Swimming Pool Helper, Has a Checkered Past
Over the next few months, chlorine will ensure that countless swimming pools don’t turn into microbe-choked petri dishes. That’s...
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The Moon Has Had Water Its Whole Life, New Study Says
Scientists have known for almost five years now that the moon is watery–or at least that lots of water...
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The Shrinking Proton: Particle Is Smaller Than Thought
How many protons can dance on the head of a pin? The answer is nowhere near as straightforward as...
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Black Hole Collision May Have Irradiated Earth in Eighth Century
A study last year found unusually high levels of the isotope carbon-14 in ancient rings of Japanese cedar trees...
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A River Ran Through it (3.5 Billion Years Ago)
New astonishing pictures by the European Space Agency have revealed a 1,500km long and 7km wide river that once...
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Mars Rover Finds Intriguing New Evidence of Water
The first drill sample ever collected on Mars will come from a rockbed shot through with unexpected veins of...
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The Oldest Rock in the World Tells Us a Story
It’s hard to imagine how this teeny little rock — it’s not even a whole rock, it’s just a...