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Lithium is not just in demand for all those new electric car batteries, it seems there’s a problem with missing lithium in the universe. We explore the Cosmological Lithium Problem, take a look at what tree rings and the sea floor have to tell us about Earth’s space environment, and take a deep dive into wormholes for our trivia.\u00a0<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Lithium is not just in demand for all those new electric car batteries, it seems there’s a problem with missing lithium in the universe. We explore the Cosmological Lithium Problem, take a look at what…<\/p>\n

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