HeyJaredPeriodic Table of Death and Mystery
Take a coffee break with us--5 to 10 minutes--and explore historical and contemporary mysteries and death surrounding the universal periodic table of elements.
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Manganese Part 2, Dark Oxygen Production, and the Periodic Table of DEATH and Mystery, Part 2 (opens the original)
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The periodic table element Manganese helps power everything from photosynthesis to batteries. But now it’s at the center of a scientific curfuffle called “dark oxygen.” We’ll follow the backlash from abyssal polymetallic nodules, to a splashy Nature paper, to mining companies with billions on the line—and the microbes that might upend the whole story. Is manganese and dark oxygen a revolution in Earth’s oxygen story or the next cold fusion?
Manganese, Dark Oxygen, and the Periodic Table of DEATH and Mystery, Part 1 (opens the original)
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A metal that hardens steel and drives our batteries might also be powering “dark oxygen” in the abyssal depths of the ocean? Or is it …? Let’s dive into manganese , polymetallic nodules, and a paradigm-shifting claim that the seafloor is secretly making its own air, which could change everything we know about how life on Earth started and give us a glimpse into possible life on even the darkest planets in the Universe.
Zirconium, False Teeth, and the Periodic Table of Death and Mystery (opens the original)
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Zirconium is a silvery, heat‑resistant metal, first identified as an element in 1789 and later prized for use in nuclear reactors, turbines, and spacecraft. Today, its ceramic form— zirconium dioxide, or zirconia—is used to make strong, tooth‑colored dental implants instead of hippo ivory or human “Waterloo teeth,” a twist on this 250th Independence Day George Washington could never have imagined. So, from Washington’s dentures and battlefield tooth markets to modern zirconia implants, listen to
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