Ask Ethan: How did atoms come to be?
At the core of everything we’ve ever touched, seen, or interacted with here on Earth is the same humble physical structure: the atom. Each human body possesses around 10²⁸ of them, and they come in just under 100 different species, or elements, through natural processes, and we’ve synthesized several dozen more in laboratory experiments. Combined, atoms bind together to make unfathomably…
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