Pure Science《纯科学》
94, Pu, Plutonium, 钋,
(244)
纯科学
冥王星的表面被冰覆盖。大多是甲烷冰，氮气冰和二氧化碳冰，但也散布着像氧气这样的奇特气体，仅仅加热了几度，它们就升华成了气体。我们的真空服的余热就足以产生这个问题。每一步，地面都在脚下爆炸，又在头顶隆起。如果肯和我不想失明，我[……]
分类： MS [美]迈克尔·斯万维克
Light Bulb Jokes《灯泡笑话》
[74, W, Tungsten, 钨, 183.85]
Okay, here’s one: how many characters in a science
fiction story does it take to change a light bulb?
好吧，有这么个笑话[……]
The Eye of Argon《阿尔贡之眼》
[18, Ar, Argon, 氩, 39.948]
Argon the Archer was not the strongest of warriors, nor
the most skilled.
射手阿尔贡既不是战士里最强的那个，也不是技术最高的那个。
But[……]
Nuclear Blackmail《核勒索》
[95, Am, Americium, 镅, (243)]
“Okay, let me get this straight. You built an atomic
bomb.”
“好吧，我直说吧。你制造了一颗原子弹。”
“Yes.”
“对。”
“Out of[……]
Nuclear Handguns《核手枪》
[98, Cf, Californium, 锎, (251)]
With its prodigious spontaneous fission rate, Cf-252
serves well as a compact, intense, fission-spectrum neutron so[……]
They’re Made of Carbon《他们是碳做的》
[6, C, Carbon, 碳, 12.0115]
“They’re made of carbon.”
“他们是碳做的。”
“Ew!”
“噁！”
“Linked to hydrogen and oxygen atoms, mostly.”
“还和氢原子以及氧原子[……]
My Nobel Prize Acceptance Speech《我的诺贝尔奖获奖感言》
102, No, Nobelium, 锘, (259)
(Presented Here Against the Unlikely Chance I Never Get
to Deliver It)
（虽然获不了——不过要真能获诺奖我就用这个了）
It’s about time!
[……]
Germanium《锗》
32, Ge, Germanium, 锗, 72.59
All of Germanium is divided into three parts. One part is
inhabited by the Belgae, another by the Aquitani, and the[……]
Aluminum Foil《铝箔》
13, Al, Aluminum, 铝, 26.9815
The only way to protect yourself from mind-control beams is to wrap your head in aluminum foil. Amateurs usually do a[……]