New Chemical Element In The Periodic Table

It's not every day that something as established as the periodic table has to be revised:

International Union of Pure and Applied Chemistry (IUPAC)... confirmed the recognition of element 112 in an official letter to the head of the discovering team, Professor Sigurd Hofmann. The letter furthermore asks the discoverers to propose a name for the new element.

New Chemical Element In The Periodic Table

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Genetic Region For Tame Animals Discovered

Interesting article, with distinct implications for taming previously untameable creatures:

"The roots of this study date back to 1972 when researchers in Novosibirsk, USSR (now Russia), caught a large group of rats in the wilderness around the city. After bringing them into the laboratory, the researchers divided them into two groups. The first group included the most "friendly" rats – those that were not aggressive toward people. The second group included only the most aggressive rats – those that screamed, attacked and bit the researchers. Since then..."

Genetic Region For Tame Animals Discovered: Horse Whisperers, Lion Tamers Not Needed

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