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Lithium batteries are in the news constantly. But lithium has plenty of other uses. It's a drug for bipolar disorder. It used to be put in soda for hangovers, and it saved the lives of the Apollo 13 astronauts. A little about lithium - a fascinating element.

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It's time to settle the debate over what really counts as spontaneous combustion.

"Coded visibility" smoke would allow friendly troops to see, but block the enemy's vision.

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