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The John Doe element: what is scandium? (opens the original)
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In 1871, Dmitri Mendeleev was mulling over his periodic table when he noticed something was missing. His genius had been to arrange the known elements into a table where each had a clearly defined spot. Since hydrogen sits just above lithium, it became clear where they were similar and where they were different. Sitting on the same row, but on the opposite side, is helium. Since helium has two protons and hydrogen only one, the difference would seem to be small. Both are light gases, but hydroge
Ask Fuzzy: how a gap in the periodic table led to a new element (opens the original)
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In 1871, Dmitri Mendeleev was mulling over his periodic table when he noticed something was missing. His genius had been to arrange the known elements into a table where each had a clearly defined spot. Since hydrogen sits just above lithium, it became clear where they were similar and where they were different. Sitting on the same row, but on the opposite side, is helium. Since helium has two protons and hydrogen only one, the difference would seem to be small. Both are light gases, but hydroge
What would happen if the Earth stopped spinning? (opens the original)
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If the Earth stopped spinning, the world would not be a happy place. Luckily, this thought experiment will not occur any time soon. There are a couple of variations, the first of which will definitely not occur unless a foolish scientist creates a set of stellar-sized brake callipers to be used by a mad president. In this scenario, the Earth abruptly stops spinning. The result would be catastrophic, although the immediate effects would depend on where you are. At the South or North Pole, you'd b
Ask Fuzzy: Can humans manufacture spider silk? (opens the original)
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Of all materials in the natural world, spider silk is one of the most remarkable. Exceptionally strong, sticky and flexible, spiders use it for more than just catching a meal. Trapdoor spiders use it to line their burrows, while for others, it's a safety line or an egg case. Some even float on the gossamer threads to find new homes. And when their webs catch an insect, they spin silk to disable and store their prey. The fibre is ultra light with greater tensile strength than steel, yet more flex
Ask Fuzzy: What happened to the dam on Italy's 'rotten mountain'? (opens the original)
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In the 1920s, Italy was trying to grow its industrial base and to do that, they need electricity. What better way, they thought, than to build a hydro-electric dam in the Vajont River in northern Italy. It would join the global trend to dam the world's rivers. With the intervening depression and World War II, nothing happened until 1957 when construction began. Although dwarfed by the 567-metre Usoi Dam in Tajikistan, it remains one of the world's tallest with a height of 262 metres. The precipi
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