This is the second part of a three-part series written by Carolyn Krause. Many of the elements were synthesized using an Oak Ridge reactor.

But my understanding of the Chinese Zodiac became so much more nuanced when I learned about Chinese Zodiac Elements. These elements—wood, fire, earth, metal and water—give us even more information ...

The other elements are mostly made by nuclear fusion in stars, especially fusion during supernova explosions. Other elements are born in the collisions of neutron stars or extreme environments around ...

Kosuke Morita, researcher of the institute, who led the discovery of the element, points to a periodic table during a press ...