MAGPIE:SCIENTIFIC RESEARCH has led to the discovery of the heaviest element yet known. The new element, governmentium (Gv), has one neutron, 25 assistant neutrons, 88 deputy neutrons, and 198 ...

THERE has recently been very justifiable excitement in Zambia, for the remarkable economic turnaround in the last few years has now been capped with a discovery of oil reserves in the north-west of ...

The new element I thought readers might be interested in the latest piece of research from Oxford University. Their researchers have discovered the densest element yet known to science. The new ...

I refer to the article Parliament: Nazri's survival game turns ugly . A major research institution has announced the discovery of the heaviest element yet know to science - 'governmentium'. It has one ...

MY PARDONS IF you have already come across this news item elsewhere on the web, but did you know that researchers at Hong Kong University have just discovered the heaviest chemical element yet known ...

The everlasting political debate waged in these columns brings to mind a non-political tale that applies to all governments, Left, Right or Centre. I trust that readers will enjoy a little lightening ...

Just a quick gem from my fellow forest-dweller, The Magpie, who leaves his droppings at The Irish Times in Dublin. Although it's numerically correct only for the Irish government, feel free to ...