A podcast about the fascinating true stories behind each element on the periodic table.
It's only after we gave up searching for this element that we found it out in the universe.
Before we talk about one big gun, let's discuss 1,500 years of military technology.
We delve into elemental etymology today, and get to investigate a chemical phenomenon.
Today, we reach the last element on the periodic table -- but only alphabetically speaking.
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.