40. Zirconium: Burning Up, Melting Down
Today, we reach the last element on the periodic table -- but only alphabetically speaking.
1 Jul 201914min
39. Yttrium: It’s A Quiet Village
Welcome to the sleepy Swedish town of Ytterby. I hope you like it, because we'll be spending an awful lot of time there later in the series.
17 Jun 201926min
38. Strontium: Little Town
Let's look past the bad reputation this element has to learn how it's an essential part of an idyllic childhood.
3 Jun 201914min
37. Rubidium: What’s Cooler Than Being Cool?
Rubidium is more explosive than the alkali metals above it on the table, but it's much more interesting when it's standing almost perfectly still.
20 Mai 201919min
36. Krypton: It’s A Metric
Like argon, today's noble gas coincidentally features prominently in science fiction -- albeit in name only. But krypton also takes a place in the science factual story of international weights and me...
6 Mai 201912min
35. Bromine: Come At Me
Don't get too excited, because bromine is an element that brings the hammer down on both extreme emotions and extreme actions.
22 Apr 201920min
34. Selenium: A Fit Of Heat And Light
Throughout history, copying information has been arduous, messy, and even dangerous -- until one bored, depressed man figured out the secrets of selenium.
25 Mar 201925min
33. Arsenic: It’s Not Easy Being Green
Considering how synonymous this episode's element is with "poison," it's shocking how eager people have historically been to ingest the stuff.
11 Mar 201922min
