Four More Place Settings at the Periodic Table

Well, this doesn't happen terribly often: Scientists recently created/discovered four new elements, and the proposed names have just been announced. I won't keep you in suspense: Elements 113, 115, 117, and 118 have the proposed names, in order, of nihonium (symbol Nh), moscovium (Mc), tennessine (Ts), and oganesson (Og). Neat! I was a little thrown by the suffixes, but then realized where they come from. The -ium is pretty standard for most elements (helium, praeseodymium, etc.). Tennessine is ...