Mankind's attitude to gold is bizarre. Chemically, it is uninteresting - it barely reacts with any other element. Yet, of all the 118 elements in the periodic table, gold is the one we humans have ...

This German periodic table classroom poster, dating to 1885, may be the oldest surviving in the world. (Image credit: University of St. Andrews) ...

Scientists have now confirmed the existence of a new element, No. 115 on the periodic table, by slamming atoms into each other.