Anthony Watts Discovers a New Element
From Watts Up With That:
The discovery of the heaviest chemical element yet known to science. The new element has been tentatively named Governmentium.
Governmentium has 1 neutron, 12 assistant neutrons, 75 deputy neutrons, and 224 assistant deputy neutrons, giving it an atomic mass of 312. These 312 particles are held together by forces called morons, which are surrounded by vast quantities of lepton-like particles called peons.
Since Governmentium has no electrons, it is inert. However, it can be detected as it impedes every reaction with which it comes into contact. A minute amount of Governmentium causes one reaction to take over four days to complete when
it w ould normally take less than a second.
Of course, there is much more. Enjoy.
And, don't miss the chance to contribute to Watt's grass roots climate project / scavenger hunt. Its fun and it contributes a lot to climate science. I have contributed two sites so far -- I wrote about the first one here.
Lenny:
For what it's worth various forms of this governmentium blurb have been floating around the internet for a long time - I first saw it at least 3-years ago...
June 12, 2007, 2:46 pm