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NEW ELEMENT DISCOVERED:
The heaviest element known to science was recently discovered by
university physicists. The new element was tentatively named
administratium. It has no protons and no electrons, and thus has an
atomic number of 0.
However, it does have one neutron, 15 assistant
neutrons, 70 vice-neutrons, and 161 assistant vice-neutrons. This gives
it an atomic mass of 247. These 247 particles are held together by a
force that involves constant exchange of a special class of particle
called morons.
Since it does not have electrons, administratium is inert. However, it
can be detected chemically as it impedes every reaction with which it
comes into contact. According to the discoverers, a minute amount of
administratium added to one reaction caused it to take over four days to
complete. Without administratium, the reaction took less than one second.
Administratium has a half-life of approximately three years, after which
it does not normally decay but instead undergoes a complex nuclear process
called "reorganization". In this little-understood process, assistant
neutrons, vice-neutrons, and assistant vice-neutrons appear to exchange
places.
Early results indicate that atomic mass actually increases after
each "reorganization".
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