Periodic table's seventh row finally filled as four new elements are added

theguardian ^ | 01/03/2016

[Paladin2]

LOL, obviously row Zer0....

[TexasGator]

“New elements can be named after a mythological concept, a mineral, a place or country, a property or a scientist.”

[Old Sarge]

What about Upsidayseum?

[GrouchoTex]

Dang, I gotta memorize it all over again.
Just kidding.

[Zeneta]

I while back I saw a very interesting story about the guy that created the “periodic table”, a Russian IIRC.

What I found fascinating was that he predicted there would be additional elements that would be discovered.

It was like missing pieces of a puzzle.

[lacrew]

And I just wallpapered the study with periodic table wall paper last week.

[lacrew]

I saw that special also. It really was fascinating. He left gaps in the table, where the undiscovered elements should be.

[dhs12345]

Fabricated or observed? I guess for it to be on the table, it has to be in a natural, non-manmade state.

[I want the USA back]

Oh good. Now I can sleep peacefully.

[PROCON]

What number is kryptonite?

[EternalVigilance]

The collaboration between the Joint Institute for Nuclear Research in Dubna, Russia; Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory, California, USA; and Oak Ridge National Laboratory, Oak Ridge, Tennessee, USA...

Anybody but me troubled by the fact that we work jointly on nukes these days with the Russians?

[thackney]

The four new elements, all of which are synthetic, were discovered by slamming lighter nuclei into each other and tracking the following decay of the radioactive superheavy elements.

Like other superheavy elements that populate the end of the periodic table, they only exist for fractions of a second before decaying into other elements.

[gorush]

I found it very informative and entertaining.

[Paladin2]

"he predicted there would be additional elements that would be discovered."

Now THERE was some Science...

Not like those Climate shills sucking $$$ from the Treasury.

[BenLurkin]

These are manmade, if I understand correctly.

[treetopsandroofs]

“I while back I saw a very interesting story about the guy that created the “periodic table”, a Russian IIRC.”

LOL, I heard this in my head in Mr. Chekhov’s voice.

[treetopsandroofs]

Tom Lehrer is updating his lyrics.

[spel_grammer_an_punct_polise]

discovered or invented/manufactured?

[Zeneta]

You should Chekhov some of those things that have been Putin your head.

[Paladin2]

Hussein is as good a Climate “Scientist” as any other.