Naturally occurring radioactive elements are substances whose atomic nuclei are unstable. To become stable, these nuclei spontaneously break down, or decay, by releasing energy in the form of ...

Primordial nucleosynthesis during the early universe generated hydrogen, helium, and minor lithium-7 before the cosmos cooled, halting further fusion. Stellar interiors synthesize elements up to iron ...

Fish It offers a variety of fishing rods for anglers to reel in sea creatures of different shapes and sizes. One that truly stands out from the rest is the Element Rod. Introduced by the Ancient ...

Cole Attisha Using Midjourney 7.0 & Gemini 2.5 Flash Image It’s no secret that crossovers are unstoppably popular these days, regardless of how soulless and dreary many critics argue they are. The ...

Four novellas about damaged people weighed down by the crimes they have suffered draw you efficiently in, but the cumulative effect is numbing Twelve-year-old Freya is visiting her self-absorbed ...

When I was a kid, my dad introduced me to gaming by wrecking me in Tekken 3. He later drew me further into anime with Akira and Princess Mononoke. But when it came to science fiction, he struck out.

Rare earth elements are critical to many industries—used in electric motors, medical imaging and diagnostics, oil and gas refining, and computer and phone screens. The 17 rare earth elements all have ...

Caught in the middle of the U.S.-China trade war is a Chiclet-size magnet that is vital to every new electric vehicle on the road. The magnet is made with dysprosium. Atomic number 66. A rare-earth ...

Don’t look now, but superheroes have infiltrated our cars. But this Jeep Wrangler doesn’t have the gadgets to be considered Batman or Iron Man, and I’m not sure it could be considered Superman or Thor ...

At the start of the new year, nuclear chemists Hiromitsu Haba and Kouji Morimoto slide precisely 119 Japanese yen into the collection box at their local shrine. They are seeking good fortune in their ...

Researchers may have found a way to create a new superheavy element, known as "element 120," which would be so hefty that it would need to be put in a new row on the periodic table of elements. If ...