Meet one of the periodic table's lesser-known liquid metals -- and beware some dangerous competition from a few felonious element collectors.

Learn about some of Italy's most renowned chemists and how they inspired a most gruesome quest to conquer death.

We get lost in the woods with a couple of little guys in today's episode, and learn about a lesser-known American Civil War.

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Cobalt is a tricksy little element, which means the scientists who've dealt with it the most are some of the cleverest people to have ever walked the Earth.

Is iron a metal that's more valuable than gold, or are we forever trapped in its "hated shadow?"

From giant prehistoric sharks to clandestine Cold War projects, manganese is an element that has concealed a lot of secrets.

It might be tempting to speed right on by, but it's worth stopping for a moment to gaze at element 24.

From freeways to firefights to unfathomable depths, vanadium can often be found quietly doing the hardest work.

Titanium is an element valued as much for its beauty as its strength -- provided you can find a genuine sample of the stuff.