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New Element Discovered
The fire at Los Alamos has had one significant consequence. A secret scientific
document was discovered in a bunker whose security systems were mostly destroyed by the
fire. This document was leaked to the public last weekend.
Actually it reveals nothing that we didn’t already suspect. But it does show that
besides arsenic, lead, mercury, radon, strontium and plutonium, one more extremely deadly
and pervasive element is known to exist.
This startling new discovery has been tentatively named Governmentium (Gv) but kept top
secret for 50 years. The new element has no protons or electrons, thus having an atomic
number of 0. It does, however, have 1 neutron, 125 deputy neutrons, 75 supervisory
neutrons, and 111 team leader neutrons, giving it an atomic mass of 312.
These 312 particles are held together by a force called morons, that are surrounded by
vast quantities of lepton-like particles called peons. Since it has no electrons,
Governmentium is inert. However, it can be detected as it impedes every reaction with
which it comes into contact.
According to the discoverers, a minute amount of Governmentium causes one reaction to
take over four days to complete when it would normally take less than a second.
Governmentium has a normal half-life of approximately three years. It does not decay but
instead undergoes a reorganization in which a portion of the deputy neutrons, supervisory
neutrons, and team leader neutrons exchange places. In fact, Governmentium mass will
actually increase over time, since, with each reorganization, some of the morons
inevitably become neutrons, forming new isodopes.
This characteristic of moron promotion leads some scientists to speculate that
Governmentium is formed whenever morons reach a certain quantity in concentration. This
hypothetical quantity is referred to as the "Critical Morass." |
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