There are currently 118 chemical elements on the periodic table. The last one added was oganesson, which was first created by scientists in 2002.

Seven-year-old Robyn wants to know whether scientists will be able to make any more new elements to add to the periodic table, and how they'll do it! He joined our host Eloise to ask biochemist Mark Lorch from the University of Hull in England.

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