Name That Element
Among the proposals flying around on twitter today for naming newly discovered element 117:
- iPandonium
- Myersium (Named, one imagines, after the loquacious blogger PZ Myers)
- Dawkinsium
- Awesonium
- "Sneezium, Sleepium, Dopium, Grumpium, Bashfulium, Docium, and Happium, All have short half-lives, " said tweeter @AlanEggleston.
- Zoe Deschanel
Post your suggestions in the comments, and we'll highlight the best one.
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