Alabama is a weird place.

There are some strange tax laws out there (yes, I google these things, try it sometime). Folks living in Alabama should buy their playing cards somewhere else. According to their state tax code (40-12-144):  …every person, firm, corporation, club or association within the State of Alabama which sells or stores or uses or otherwise consumes… Continue reading Alabama is a weird place.

New element!

Yesterday, scientists officially added Copernicium (Cu) as element 112 to the periodic table. But thts old news; they were just feuding over who discovered it in 1996. Logistical stuff. EXCITING though is the synthesizing of unnamed super element 117. It has cool radioactive decay properties. And who knows when it will get a name.New element!