Curiously, shards will bring us new items and scientists create a new chemical element, serendipity?

Curiously, shards will bring us new items and scientists create a new chemical element, serendipity?
http://www.thecrimson.com/article/2017/2/2/metallic-hydrogen-discovery-skepticsim/
Edgar Allan Wright H. Richard Loeb Martin Schubert
http://www.thecrimson.com/article/2017/2/2/metallic-hydrogen-discovery-skepticsim/

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