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| From Wired: "1 Although helium is the second-most-plentiful element in the cosmos — it's synthesized in stars by nuclear fusion — Earth is running short of the noble gas. Extracted from natural gas, our supply accumulated in the planet's crust over billions of years — the result of radioactive decay. One-third of that stash lies in the Texas panhandle, and if it continues to be consumed at the current rate, it'll be gone in nine years." Weird. I kinda think we can just make more (with SCIENCE), but the presumption is that it's more expensive to do so. Also I thought this gallery of pictures of people recreating pictures of themselves as kids was interesting. | ||||||
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