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6 Times Scientists Were Wrong About the Periodic Table

2026 • E33    Mar 5, 2026    15m
Mendeleev's original, 1869 version of the Periodic Table featured 63 elements. Now, there are 118. But as scientists worked to extend the Table (and fill in a bunch of holes), not every discovery turned out to be real.

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