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Elements 116 and 118 are Bogus?

Posted by CmdrTaco on from the fraudium-hoaxium dept.

prostoalex writes "In this era of corporate misbehavior and overstatement of results who can you trust? Scientific sources, of course. Well, turns out people at Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory lied about their discovery of elements 116 and 118. Associated Press has the story, quoting the lab officials charging the researchers with "scientific misconduct"."

2 of 320 comments (clear)

  1. what? by mlarios · · Score: -1, Redundant

    you mean I learned the table of elements for nothing?! this is just like that "duck and cover" crap.

  2. Who can tell me the atomic weight of Bolognium? by anonymous+loser · · Score: 1, Redundant

    Answer: Delicious! (although I would also have accepted "snack-tacular")