New Elements?

As the nature of science clearly shows new discoveries are always happening in the world of science. As I was looking into the periodic table I discovered that there are two new elements that are currently trying to become members of the elusive club. The names, flerovium (atomic symbol Fl) and livermorium (atomic symbol Lv) have been supplied to the International Union of Pure and Applied Chemistry who oversee the list of elements found in the periodic table. It is interesting to note that if you don't like the names you can voice your opinion until May of 2012 when they will get either the stamp of approval or thrown out.

Here is the article about the two new elements that was posted December 1st, 2012 in the New York Times for your own reading pleasure.

Names Proposed for 2 New Elements on Periodic Table

The great resource, The Periodic Table of Elements, also posted a video discussing these same new elements.