Marine Biology – The Episodic Table of Elements

25. Manganese: Undercover Operations

November 19, 2018

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Bone, Botany, CIA, Comics, Cosmetics, Henry Kissinger, Howard Hughes, Iron Man, Marine Biology, Neanderthals, Paleontology, Prehistory, Sharks, Soviet Union, Stan Lee, Star Trek, The Cold War

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From giant prehistoric sharks to clandestine Cold War projects, manganese is an element that has concealed a lot of secrets.

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23. Vanadium: Beauty In The Background

October 22, 2018

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Abraham Wald, Alloys, Andres Manuel del Rio, Anthropology, Automobiles, Biology, Friedrich Wohler, Henry Ford, Jons Jacob Berzelius, Marine Biology, Multiple Discovery, Mythology, Nils Sefstrom, Star Trek, Weaponry, World War II

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From freeways to firefights to unfathomable depths, vanadium can often be found quietly doing the hardest work.

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14. Silicon: Tool Of All Trades

May 28, 2018

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Artificial Intelligence, Astronomy, Atomic Bonding, Biology, Computers, Electronics, Galileo Galilei, Glass, Isaac Newton, Italy, Marine Biology, Prehistory, Rome, Science Fiction, Television

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From prehistoric times right through today, our hand-held tools have been made of silicon.

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