A podcast about the fascinating true stories behind each element on the periodic table.
You know something's amiss when you set off the radiation alarms while walking in to the nuclear power plant.
The story of astatine takes us to Alabama, Dacca, Romania, Vienna, and California, but definitely not Switzerland.
Sadly, it's no longer possible to purchase this lethally radioactive element for fifteen cents and a cereal boxtop.
The periodic table shows the natural patterns and trends among the elements. Bismuth does not abide.
We just can't seem to stop chasing the sweet, sweet taste of element 82.