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Protons Aren't round

Posted by chrisd on from the go-figure dept.

drox writes "USA Today reports that protons are ovoid rather than spherical, as most of us learned in school." In related news, thousands of high school science labs have thrown out a bunch of little plastic balls.

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  1. Hey, that's nothing... by kawika · · Score: 5, Funny

    I have a paper from Hendrik Schon here that says they're shaped like tiny little cheddar cheese goldfish. Who would you believe, USA Today or Bell Labs?

  2. Interesting Fact by RedWolves2 · · Score: 1, Funny

    In recent studies, 65% of all protons are obese. 10% of the obese protons are so overweight that they are spherical in shape this leaves the majority of protons in a oblong shape.

    Studies have found that the cause of obesity in protons is caused by the loss of electrons. The loss of these elctrons makes the protons not need to work as hard leave them time to sit with other friends like their neighbor the neutron. ;-)