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The team at periodicvideos has created a TED-Ed Lesson for every element of the periodic table. Hassium is element 108 and its symbol is Hs.

In 2004, the Joint Institute for Nuclear Research began a search for naturally occurring hassium in minerals in the Modane Subterranean Laboratory located in France, which is deep below the Earth’s surface to eliminate the masking effects of cosmic rays.

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