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Silicon gets all the press, but germanium was the real trailblazer of the Information Age.
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31. Gallium: The Wet Bandits
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Meet one of the periodic table’s lesser-known liquid metals — and beware some dangerous competition from a few felonious element collectors.
30. Zinc: The Lecture Circuit
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Learn about some of Italy’s most renowned chemists and how they inspired a most gruesome quest to conquer death.
29. Copper: Wires Crossed
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We get lost in the woods with a couple of little guys in today’s episode, and learn about a lesser-known American Civil War.