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It's All About the Ununpentium

Posted by michael on from the unobtainium dept.

spitefulcrow writes "The New York Times is reporting that elements 113 and 115 have been created by a joint team of Russian and American scientists. The temporary names are ununtrium and ununpentium until the experiment has been duplicated and verified in another lab. According to the article, speculation has been made that 'Rather than being round, nuclei in that region and beyond could contain bubbles and have strange doughnut-like shapes'."

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  1. Science by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Offtopic

    Science. What is it all about... is it good, or is it whack?

    1. Re:Science by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Offtopic

      it's not "whack" you fucking idiot, it's "wack"

    2. Re:Science by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Offtopic

      No, it isn't. I've been wearing Fubu combat suits and massive silver necklaces for years, so I must know.

  2. Re:fp by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Offtopic

    -1, Flamebait? you're a fucking idiot.

  3. Dead retro muppets! by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Offtopic

    http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/world/middle_east/34487 79.stm

    Stampede brings tragedy to Hajj

    A stampede at the Hajj pilgrimage in Saudi Arabia has killed 244 people, says the minister in charge of the event, Iyad Madani. .....

    The disaster happened as pilgrims flocked to the Jamarat Bridge in Mina, near Mecca, to hurl stones at pillars representing the devil. .....

    "There was more than 400 metres of people pushing in the same direction (which) resulted in the collapse of those next to the stoning area... and those behind. That led to panic," he said.

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    Amusing! "The stoning area"! "pillars representing the devil"! Someone remind me - is this Monty Python, or just some seriously fucked up individuals? I wonder if this'll make it to the Darwin Awards?

  4. Sad news... Stephen King, author, dead at 56 :( by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Offtopic

    I just heard some sad news on talk radio - Horror/Sci Fi author Stephen King was found dead in his Maine home this morning. There weren't any more details. I'm sure everyone in the Slashdot community will miss him - even if you didn't enjoy his work, there's no denying his contributions to popular culture. Truly an American icon. God bless :(

  5. Re:I wish they'd just stop by HeghmoH · · Score: 1, Offtopic

    The first experiments into this area created a gateway into another dimension. The horrors which came through the gateway before it could be closed are indescribable. Ever since, these scientists have worked under the constant, unblinking eye of these... things, knowing that if they ever waver or stray, they and their families will be fed to that which is only known in nightmares. Their task: to reopen the gateway to bring through others of their kind.

    These scientists' lives are tinged with more fear that you will ever know. At least, more than you will know until they get that gateway open again.

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  6. Re:Plutionium is not the deadliest substance. by HFXPro · · Score: 1, Offtopic

    Botulism is over a thousand times more deadly.


    And we have people injecting that stuff into their bodies for purely cosmetic reasons. That way they may look like what the media portrays as pretty. To top it off these people will then spend hundreds for stuff to "detox" their bodies right after. Yet you ask them about nuclear power and they will say something about how dangerous it is.

    Is it just me or is the world going mad?

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