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New Element "Administratium" Discovered
The heaviest element known to science was recently discovered
by investigators at a major U.S. research university. The element, tentatively named
Administratium, has no protons or electrons and thus has an atomic number of 0. However, it does have 1 neutron,
125 assistant neutrons, 75 vice neutrons, and 111 assistant vice neutrons. This gives it an atomic mass of 312.
These 312 particles are held together by a force that involves the continuous exchange of meson-like particles called morons. It also
is surrounded by vast quantities of lepton-like particles called peons.
Since it has no electrons, Administratium is inert. However, it can be detected chemically as it impedes every reaction it comes in contact
with. According to the discoverers, a minute amount of Administratium causes one reaction to take over four days to complete when it would
have normally occurred in less than one second.
Administratium has a normal half-life of approximately three years, at which time it does not decay, but instead undergoes a reorganization
in which assistant neutrons, vice neutrons, and assistant vice neutrons exchange places.
In fact, an Administratium sample's mass actually INCREASES over time since, with each reorganization, some of the morons inevitably become
neutrons, forming new isotopes.
This characteristic of moron promotion leads some scientists to speculate that perhaps Administratium is spontaneously formed whenever morons
reach a certain quantity in concentration. This hypothetical quantity is
referred to as "critical morass."
