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Like argon, today’s noble gas coincidentally features prominently in science fiction — albeit in name only. But krypton also takes a place in the science factual story of international weights and measures.
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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.
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Magnesium makes for quite a fireworks display, whether inside your body or out.
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Neon may no longer be “the new one,” but it might have a better claim to the name than any other element on the periodic table.