Detailed text transcripts for TV channel - MSNBC - 20100409:02:01:00
Square on the periodic table. researchers will get to give it a real fame. for scientists, getting to name an element is beyond the nobel prize. you are on the fly happy, on the tattoo. "the new york times" tried to get some of the researchers involved in creating element 117 to speculate on what they might night name it. one researcher told the times, quote, we'd never discuss names because it's like bad karma. like talking about a no-hitter during the no-hitter. we've never spoken of it aloud. >> i don't want to jinx it either, but it's being called 117. i'm just saying, there is a p.s. 117,...