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swag (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Apr-06-10 01:24 PM Original message |
Element 117 discovered |
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RUMMYisFROSTED (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Apr-06-10 01:26 PM Response to Original message |
1. Uh, oh! |
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dchill (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Apr-06-10 01:32 PM Response to Original message |
2. Will this make my laptop battery... |
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DCKit (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Apr-06-10 02:04 PM Response to Reply #2 |
8. Maybe, but it'll also weigh 90 pounds. n/t |
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liberation (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Apr-06-10 02:33 PM Response to Reply #8 |
11. ...the question is not how long the battery will last, but what sort of superpowers one gains |
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booley (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Apr-06-10 05:13 PM Response to Reply #11 |
28. I can use my crippling leukemia to fight the forces of evil! |
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TheCentepedeShoes (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Apr-06-10 06:47 PM Response to Reply #2 |
33. Upsydasium, maybe? n/t |
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dchill (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Apr-06-10 08:33 PM Response to Reply #33 |
35. Well, they synthesized that, too... |
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DemoTex (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Apr-07-10 11:41 AM Response to Reply #33 |
41. "Unobtainium" would be more like it. |
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liberation (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Apr-06-10 01:33 PM Response to Original message |
3. Technically it was not discovered... it was synthesized |
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swag (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Apr-06-10 01:39 PM Response to Reply #3 |
4. Well there's a rule in LBN that you gotta use the headline what god give ya. |
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liberation (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Apr-06-10 02:19 PM Response to Reply #4 |
9. I hear ya, I wasn't claiming anything wrong with your post. It is just that scientific reporting.... |
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roguevalley (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Apr-06-10 03:36 PM Response to Reply #4 |
20. snort. that was totally funny |
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FatDave (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Apr-06-10 01:43 PM Response to Reply #3 |
5. Arguable. |
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liberation (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Apr-06-10 02:25 PM Response to Reply #5 |
10. Science doesn't care about personal opinions |
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FatDave (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Apr-06-10 04:41 PM Response to Reply #10 |
26. I would've let it slide, but... |
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Deep13 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Apr-06-10 01:55 PM Response to Original message |
6. Jumbonium? |
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jgraz (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Apr-06-10 02:57 PM Response to Reply #6 |
14. That would be nice, but they're using the lame "Ununseptium" convention |
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Deep13 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Apr-06-10 03:13 PM Response to Reply #14 |
17. How about "biggassium?" nt |
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Canuckistanian (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Apr-06-10 10:29 PM Response to Reply #14 |
37. I thought it was lame for Avatar to use "Unobtanium" |
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jgraz (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Apr-07-10 09:06 AM Response to Reply #37 |
40. Uh... Tellurium was named for the Latin word for earth: tellus. |
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Catshrink (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Apr-07-10 07:42 PM Response to Reply #40 |
44. No on Teller |
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MARALE (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Apr-06-10 01:59 PM Response to Original message |
7. Very cool! |
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Me. (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Apr-06-10 02:36 PM Response to Original message |
12. Pardon Me. |
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slackmaster (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Apr-06-10 02:49 PM Response to Reply #12 |
13. It is expected to throw off an alpha particle |
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Me. (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Apr-06-10 02:58 PM Response to Reply #13 |
15. And What Will THat Do? |
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laconicsax (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Apr-06-10 03:12 PM Response to Reply #15 |
16. Well, let's see... |
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KittyWampus (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Apr-06-10 03:18 PM Response to Reply #16 |
18. That was fun. How did you do that? |
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Me. (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Apr-06-10 05:57 PM Response to Reply #16 |
29. Thanks Into Infinity |
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slackmaster (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Apr-06-10 03:40 PM Response to Reply #15 |
21. Travel a short distance, then capture a couple of electrons and become a helium atom |
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Me. (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Apr-06-10 06:01 PM Response to Reply #21 |
31. Thanks |
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slackmaster (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Apr-06-10 06:42 PM Response to Reply #31 |
32. Peace comes after "Harsh sentences for parole violators" |
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Jax (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Apr-07-10 01:44 AM Response to Reply #13 |
39. That diagram is everywhere on the web. |
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struggle4progress (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Apr-06-10 03:23 PM Response to Reply #12 |
19. It puts up your name in big lights for fifteen minutes if you discover it, and while |
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jberryhill (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Apr-06-10 04:00 PM Response to Reply #12 |
23. It Allows Physicists To Expense A Trip Somewhere Nice... |
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old mark (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Apr-06-10 04:44 PM Response to Reply #23 |
27. People I know in the "real" sciences need to do that more often. |
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jberryhill (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Apr-06-10 10:24 PM Response to Reply #27 |
36. Mole Problems? Call Avogadro! |
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old mark (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Apr-07-10 12:58 AM Response to Reply #36 |
38. See what I mean? |
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Demeter (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Apr-06-10 06:00 PM Response to Reply #12 |
30. It Decays |
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penndragon69 (409 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Apr-06-10 03:54 PM Response to Original message |
22. Next stop |
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Rozlee (821 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Apr-06-10 04:27 PM Response to Original message |
24. Question: I was too frazzled by all the spaceman talk. What form is it? Gas, I take it? |
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eppur_se_muova (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Apr-06-10 04:29 PM Response to Original message |
25. 117? OMG! |
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slampoet (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Apr-06-10 07:13 PM Response to Original message |
34. Oddly enough the article sez it "...tastes like Cherries," |
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brooklynite (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Apr-07-10 12:48 PM Response to Original message |
42. Is it too late for the Texas Board of Education to pull back the Science books for editing? |
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activa8tr (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Apr-09-10 05:23 PM Response to Reply #42 |
46. Cutting edge, 150 years ago! |
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activa8tr (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Apr-09-10 05:25 PM Response to Reply #46 |
47. Rachel covered THIS in detail last night. |
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Homer Wells (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Apr-07-10 07:22 PM Response to Original message |
43. OMG!! |
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Lionel Mandrake (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Apr-09-10 05:20 PM Response to Original message |
45. Here is an article with more details. |
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