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Heaviest Element Gets a Name

Fourteen years after its discovery, element 112—now the heaviest known element on the periodic table—takes the name "copernicium."
Building the Unbeatable Body

For as long as human beings have had a sense of sport and competition, we have looked for new ways to push our bodies to their limits. The question is, what are those limits?
Photo Gallery: Coastlines

Americans are loving their coasts to death. Discover how pollution and population pressures are threatening one of the most beautiful―and sought-after―landforms on Earth.
Prehistoric "Snowball Earth" Confirmed

But volcanoes would've made Earth more mud ball than snowball, scientists say.

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