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Ununoctium Wrapup

Posted by ryuzaki0 on from the just-like-using-ununoctium-in-headlines dept.

rkowen writes "Finding superheavy element 118 would have been a giant step in the quest for the conjectured island of nuclear stability. But now the claimed discovery is thought to have been part of a pattern of deception by one physicist that goes back to 1994." We've done several previous stories: the discovery, hints of trouble, possible fraud. Between this and the Schon case one might think the physics community was full of frauds.

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  1. one might think the physics community was full... by randomErr · · Score: 2, Funny

    ... one might think the physics community was full of frauds ...

    I'm still trying to get over that world isn't flat thing, 'kay. Let alone this element 118 stuff 'kay.

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  2. It is!!! by frank_adrian314159 · · Score: 2, Funny
    one might think the physics community was full of frauds.

    Well, it must be. Look what all of those fraudulant physicists did to suppress cold fusion. And they still haven't looked into the anti-gravity system and the infinite movement devices I've developed. And they're secretly loosening the straps that hold on my tin foil hat, too.

    Physicists... Bah!

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  3. Accounting error by DougJohnson · · Score: 5, Funny

    This kind of simple accounting error could be corrected by requiring the CEO's to sign off on all newly found elements. "I was told by our accounting department that we had 118 protons, it seems that we counted 3 of those protons twice, as we sold them to einsteinium and bought them back at a reduced rate"

  4. The Island? by FortKnox · · Score: 1, Funny

    the quest for the conjectured island of nuclear stability

    Isn't that the fabled island where Amelia Earhart's plane crashed into?


    *rimshot*

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  5. Frauds by bytesmythe · · Score: 4, Funny
    one might think the physics community was full of frauds.

    • Einstein knew that god DOES play dice (and always rolls boxcars)...
    • Richard Feynman's degree was from the Cordon Bleu.
    • Heisenberg was really certain, but wanted to cover his tracks about his research.
    • Bohr's model of the atom was originally developed by playing with Tinker Toys.
    • Planck's Constant is actually a variable. Shhh!
    • E = mcHawking
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  6. Scientific corruption? by gesualdo · · Score: 1, Funny

    Sounds like Kenny Lay and the Enron boys found new jobs!

  7. Absolutely! by Snarfvs+Maximvs · · Score: 5, Funny

    one might think the physics community was full of frauds.

    Of course it is; all of my physics professors claimed to be able to teach!

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  8. 118 - not a big deal by vlad_petric · · Score: 5, Funny

    What's so difficult to believe about 118 ? I mean, we know from Star Trek that much heavier elments exist, like the Ilium 629.

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