Melissa Block and Robert Siegel read entries from a Web site that offers short poems about each of the chemical elements. The site, iSciFiStory.com, asked people to write haiku about their favorites.

This is a preview. Log in through your library . Abstract Aims Selenium (Se) can be used to detoxify antimony (Sb); however, the associated mechanisms are not fully understood, in particular, the ...

If, like a package of food, you had a list of ingredients stamped in an out-of-the-way spot like the bottom of your foot—with the elements that make up most of your weight coming first—it would read ...

Selenium is a mineral found in the soil. It naturally appears in water and some foods. While people only need a very small amount, selenium plays a key role in your metabolism. Brazil nuts are are one ...