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292 - The Periodic Table of Elements
Ep. 292
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On today’s episode: Everyone in hospital dramas always has sepsis! But maybe not much longer if these researchers have anything to say about it. And we talk about a beautiful infographic about the building blocks of our universe: the periodic table of elements. All that and more today on All Around Science...
RESOURCES
- A whole new way to prevent death from sepsis shows promise | New Scientist
- https://chem-textbook.ucalgary.ca/version2/review-of-background-topics/measurements-and-data/measurements-in-chemistry/atomic-mass-2/
- A Better Way To Picture Atoms
CREDITS:
Writing - Bobby Frankenberger & Maura Armstrong
Booking - September McCrady
THEME MUSIC by Andrew Allen
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