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Oct 2019
30m 32s

S1E1 - Episode #1 - Hydrogen

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About this episode

For the first ever episode of Elementary, we look at the number one element. No, literally, hydrogen is number one on the periodic table... The simplest element there is, hydrogen is also the most abundant.

In this episode we meet our presenters for the first time, as well as discovering hydrogen's possible use as a clean fuel, how it powers the Sun, and how it has a darker side.

There's also the first game of "Science Fact or Science Fiction?"

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