• The Chemical Elements

    The first 92 elements on the table exist naturally and stably (U-238 can become Plutonium (94) via neutron capture from other U-238 atoms, briefly and unstably). The rest – which now extend to element 118 – were created by scientists in atomic nuclei collision with the aid of particle accelerators. Aptly named, these machines accelerate…

  • Strep mutans

    The bacterium that is the primary cause of tooth decay.

  • Ornithopter

    An airplane design to fly like birds, using flapping wings.