New York City – The Episodic Table of Elements

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90. Thorium: Bright Lights, Big City

February 22, 2022

8:30 am

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Alsos, Alvin Weinberg, Auergesellschaft, Candoluminescence, Carl Auer von Welsbach, Illumination, India, Jons Jacob Berzelius, Leslie Groves, Mythology, Nazis, New York City, Nuclear Power, Nuclear Weapons, Oak Ridge National Labs, Radioactivity, The Manhattan Project

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Sure, thorium could provide practically limitless clean energy, but then we couldn’t build weapons of mass destruction.

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46. Palladium: The Old Razzle Dazzle

September 23, 2019

6:00 am

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Astronomy, Automobiles, Cold Fusion, Etymology, Martin Fleischmann, Movie Science, Music, New York City, Nuclear Power, Platinum Group, Poetry, Protocol, Richard Chenevix, Stanley Pons, William Hyde Wollaston

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Those people who’ve been involved with palladium’s history seem to harbor a dubious predilection for stretching the truth.

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24. Chromium: I’ll Be Your Mirror

November 5, 2018

6:00 am

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Alloys, Architecture, Art Deco, Automobiles, Harley Earl, Industrial Design, Jeff Koons, New York City, Pollution, Sculpture, Star Trek

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It might be tempting to speed right on by, but it’s worth stopping for a moment to gaze at element 24.

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