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Read More »Google suspends federated chat app Element for allegedly abusive content
Photo: Lionel Bonavant ()Getty Images) Google temporarily canceled Element’s Android chat app from the Play Store this week for allegedly hosting abusive content. The decision is particularly shocking given that Element is …
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The periodic table of elements, primarily created by the Russian chemist Dmitry Mendeleev (1834–1907), celebrated its 150th anniversary last year. Its importance as an organizing principle in chemistry will be difficult to …
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Trauma of the mineral hackmanite (or tenebrous sodalite) is a fascinating natural phenomenon that has long been a mystery to scientists – even though we are now able to engineer engineered synthetic …
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