An exploration of nihonium, the synthetic element whose fleeting existence tests the limits of discovery. From hot and cold fusion to calcium-48, learn how rival teams chased the same prize and how rules of evidence—cross-reactions and anchoring—were used to prove a new element, finally naming it nihonium in 2015.

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