Earth’s most common element by mass, iron has been used since antiquity to create tools, weapons, and works of art. Join Exploratorium host and scientific raconteur Ron Hipschman for tales of iron-related intrigue and invention as part of our Everything Matters series at After Dark.

In the spirit of amplifying the Black Lives Matter movement and to avoid any appearance of having appropriated that title, our series of talks formerly called Everything Matters: Tales from the Periodic Table will now be called, simply, Tales from the Periodic Table. Please excuse the former title on videos made in the past.