I can't believe that Cop Car didn't break this news first, especially since I've been sitting on it for a couple of weeks. Or, maybe she did break the news, and I have forgotten it. Two elements of the periodic table have recieved their official names; Flerovium and Livermorium. Previously, the two elements had gone by the temporary names of ununquadium and ununhexium. They live in the segragated, violent neighborhoods of 114 and 116 on the table. Those sections of the chart are populated by the smashing together of two atoms to produce another - not a quiet, scenic neighborhood for sure.
Apparently, I didn't think anyone would care. Obviously, I was wrong. It seems longer ago than a couple of weeks, but time is relative I'm told.
Posted by: Cop Car | June 24, 2012 at 09:02 AM
It may have been longer than a couple of weeks, but that is when I ready the story during lunch and emailed it to myself as something that would be mindly) interesting to blog about
Posted by: bogie | June 24, 2012 at 07:40 PM