Although elements 93 and 94, neptunium and plutonium, were created in 1940, their existence was not made public until after the war. They were given provisional names, when they were first made, of “extremium” and “ultimium,” because it was thought impossible that any heavier elements would ever be made.
I'm not so sure.
Uncle Tungsten by Oliver Sacks was quite a read.
He grew up during the blitz & had access to lots of elements. At one point he got to throw 2lbs of sodium off a bridge just to see what happens.
Agree.
I got downvoted to shit for making this point although, as an outsider, I probably came across as smug or something.
Quasi-compulsory voting is awesome.
You included a picture of incremental change.
I'm not from US & can't really comment on your best options now. Where I am is OK at the moment due to incremental steps, some forward & some backward.
I understand its different for you guys. I can only hope you survive the next few years & recover. I'm sure locals there will have better/more specific advice.
I cant remember the name of the community but it was in the title of one of the first I susbscribed to.
Im not suggest that the guy was in anyway conservative and dont get me started on the punk movement as a response to thatcherism.
Scientists say "im off to work dear, see you this afternoon”.
but seriously, we have to trust experts in STEM just to get through our day. Every time someone give the "scientists can be wrong too” line i look up at the ceiling as if its about to collapse. Sure science is about continuous improvement and falsifiability but that guys PHD is not equivalent to your youtube recomendations pipeline.
Ford flipped the switch which he saw was now marked ‘Mode Execute Ready’ instead of the now old-fashioned ‘Access Standby’ which had so long ago replaced the appallingly stone-age ‘Off’.
I checked & found this in the footnotes: