Jun 18 2009It's A Boy!: Periodic Table Gets New Element
That's right young'n, the periodic table finally gave birth to element 112, temporarily named 'Ununbium', until it's official name 'Geekologium' can be verified by the International Union of Pure and Applied Chemistry (IUPAC), who I may or may not be holding at gunpoint. I SAID SIGN THE PAPERS!
More than a decade after experiments first produced a single atom of the element, a team of German scientists has been credited with its discovery.
The team, led by Sigurd Hofmann at the Centre for Heavy Ion Research, must propose a name for their find, before it can be formally added to the table.To create element 112, Professor Hofmann's team used a 120m-long particle accelerator to fire a beam of charged zinc atoms (or zinc ions) at lead atoms. Nuclei of the two elements merged, or fused, to form the nucleus of the new element.
Oh yeah? Well I was born when a beam of charged awesome atoms were fired at badass ones. Nuclei of the two elements merged, or fused, to form my nuts. Then, a stork wrapped me in a blanket and flew off. But mid-flight I cut myself out of the sack and parachuted behind enemy lines, where I shot the everliving shit out of them. And that, my friends, is how I became the youngest recipient of the Congressional Medal of Awesome.
Periodic table gets a new element [bbcnews]
Thanks to Ari and Julian, who were born after a sperm fused with an egg.
Reader Comments
1. Que - June 18, 2009 6:13 PM
Que historic!
2. Tovette - June 18, 2009 6:13 PM
This is awesome. :)
3. naas - June 18, 2009 6:13 PM
Haven't seen one of these in awhile, all we need now is the periodic table of periodic tables of geekologie
4. Daisy - June 18, 2009 6:45 PM
FAKE!!!!
This is a completwe photoshop job. You can tell its a fake because the shadow's are all wrong.
This is exactly like that scene in the movie Never Back Down where Max was instructed to kill all the gophers on the golf course. He misunderstood and thought he was being asked to kill all the golfers, which he thought would get him in trouble. Later he ate a candy bar that looked like a pool turd.
5. Daisy - June 18, 2009 6:46 PM
FAKE!!!!
This is a completwe photoshop job. You can tell its a fake because the shadow's are all wrong.
This is exactly like that scene in the movie Never Back Down where Max was instructed to kill all the gophers on the golf course. He misunderstood and thought he was being asked to kill all the golfers, which he thought would get him in trouble. Later he ate a candy bar that looked like a pool turd.
6. Jiakasuma - June 18, 2009 6:48 PM
Hopefully they add the other 50! ^_^
7. Truk - June 18, 2009 6:49 PM
@3- The most terrible idea ever. Even worse than New Coke and the Star Wars prequels.
8. McCracken - June 18, 2009 6:49 PM
whoo!
9. blp - June 18, 2009 6:54 PM
Yes! We're slowly catching up with aliens, I hear they have an element 115 or something to power their space crafts.
10. Jew - June 18, 2009 7:01 PM
Lol I love how the Troll fails and posts twice.
11. bribios - June 18, 2009 7:04 PM
@10
That is Daisy and you will give her the respect she deserves!
12. planetary intergalactic - June 18, 2009 7:12 PM
Keep finding elements, earthlings. The true power of time and space travel lies in the jerboas. All you need in a few billion of these things hopping around and the power generated is beyond anything a silly element or collider will ever conceive! Well, time to head on back to 2314. Anybody got an extra bag of gerbil food they can spare? Gotta keep the power source happy.
13. Pew³ - June 18, 2009 7:14 PM
I am made of up 113 elements.
14. Pew³ - June 18, 2009 7:15 PM
my type bad it day had been long
15. Sal - June 18, 2009 7:17 PM
A little violent today GW?! Me likey! Call me!
16. naas - June 18, 2009 7:19 PM
@7 no it's not
BTW I have to say ! NEW ! to all you tools always screaming OLD to GW's posts. Today on attack of the show they showed the jurassic park 'heey' dino's AND those guys dancin(air humping) to the zelda song.
So for once in favor of GW, NEW! Suck it 'old' complainers
17. Moose Knuckle - June 18, 2009 7:27 PM
When are they gonna name it proper?
I vote for:
Teabaggium
Corndoggium
Tpangium
Midichlorium
OliviaMunnium
Hanshotfirstium
Keyboardcatium
Robotapocalypsium
Daisyum
Rectium
Photoshoppium
Dinosaurium
Zeldium
Mungium
Marblecakium
Lensflarium
2girls1cupium
18. sobored - June 18, 2009 7:36 PM
but I had thought that 112 was discovered ages ago and verified? w/e.
http://gawdimsobored.mybrute.com
19. Moose Knuckle - June 18, 2009 7:42 PM
And,
Baconium
Boobsium
Jisium
ChuckNorrisium
SlavegirlLeiaium
Cosplayium
Felchium
UweBollium
RickRollium
Neverbackdownium
Firstium
20. gamacrit - June 18, 2009 7:49 PM
What the hell? They're not "discovering" anything. Blasting atoms together is pretty awesome, but it's kinda like saying I remodeled my upstairs by discovering a wall.
21. naas - June 18, 2009 7:51 PM
mooooose knuckllllllllllllllle
22. Moose Knuckle - June 18, 2009 7:58 PM
Or,
Kryptonium
Shatnerium
ShiaLabeoufsucksium
Polygamium
Nintendonium
Bikinium
Pornium
Rapingmychildhoodium
SarahPalenium
OMGium
WTFium
BBQium
FTWium
Chocolaterainium
Carradineium
LOLium
Aluminiumiumiumininumium
23. Pew³ - June 18, 2009 8:01 PM
rasismium
pedobearium
dirtysanchezium
pewpewpewium
24. Pew³ - June 18, 2009 8:04 PM
* racismium * <------woops
tazerium
donttazemebromium
25. naas - June 18, 2009 8:31 PM
no, moose got it right with
baconium (deli)
daisyium (clasic)
boobium (def)
olivamunnium (mosdef)
dinosaurium (skeet)
neverbackdownium (ftw)
missing....
goliathsdrinkstirunium (wtf)
firstardium (sad)
I'm sure there's more, let's expand this chart proper
26. 24-bit whore - June 18, 2009 8:32 PM
When did Steven Colbert shave his head?? Weird...
27. 24-bit whore - June 18, 2009 8:33 PM
doh, moose covered firstium (Pathetic)
sorry, my mistake
28. naas - June 18, 2009 8:34 PM
..and by that, I mean ME
29. GLADIATOR - June 18, 2009 9:00 PM
pew pewdium
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The game takes less than 5 minutes to play!
30. scurl - June 18, 2009 9:01 PM
this reminds me, i need to call my tattoo guy.
gotta keep my penis tattoo up to date!
31. led panel - June 18, 2009 9:48 PM
awesome
32. gizmoduck - June 18, 2009 10:40 PM
i didn't read any of that post but i know, some how, ta tas were involved.
SCIENCE FICTION CAN BE FUN
33. gizmoduck - June 18, 2009 10:42 PM
nobgobbler
34. synesthesia - June 19, 2009 4:59 AM
I should actually watch "Never Back Down" ... it sounds more and more interesting post after post ...
35. Brunch Miracle - June 19, 2009 6:59 AM
why did you filter my post? some dude just posted links to air jordans
36. Brunch Miracle - June 19, 2009 7:00 AM
for real- is gw some old dude? i want to know
37. yourmotherslover - June 19, 2009 7:08 AM
NOMNOMNOMium
sausagium
zingium
fistium
yermothersuxcocksinhellium
38. Yewtree - June 19, 2009 7:25 AM
It should be called Lehrerium, after Tom Lehrer, author of the Periodic Table song, of which the last two lines are:
There may be many others that've never been discovered
But if there are the news of them has never come to Harvard.
39. Gordon "Fücking" Shumway - June 19, 2009 9:05 AM
OLDium
40. StrokeKing - June 19, 2009 9:06 AM
Dongslayerium, in honor of my L4D player name.
41. STOMPY - June 19, 2009 10:05 AM
DONKEYPUNCHIUM
42. Timbo - June 19, 2009 10:07 AM
I've noticed GW doesn't wake up til after 9:30...
Come on! i've been up for 4 hours already!
43. STOMPY - June 19, 2009 10:08 AM
@Timbo
Why the hell you been up for four hours, that sucks monkeyballsium...
44. Timbo - June 19, 2009 10:11 AM
B/c I have to be at work (40 min drive) at 7 and drop my kid off at the sitter before hand(15min in the opposite direction).
Needless to say I drink a lot of coffee and energy drinks...
45. naas - June 19, 2009 10:41 AM
@38 YES, very old & crusty
@44 that's too early
The ninja warrior course seems harder these days, nice
46. $.02 and a pocket full of FAH-Q - June 19, 2009 11:11 AM
NO NO NO! Creating an element should not count. It should be a naturally occuring element. Pffbbbt.
47. shadwag - June 19, 2009 4:57 PM
@48. agreed. this is more or less like peanut butter and jelly in the same jar. big whoop.
48. Jaded Icon - June 19, 2009 6:20 PM
Congrats on your medal GW!
49. Darth - June 21, 2009 1:58 PM
I wonder what element 113 will be.The black sheep among the super elements?