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4th January 2016
10:25pm GMT

The Guardian reports that this is the first change to the periodic table since 2011, when elements 114 and 116 were introduced. The news, made official by the International Union of Pure and Applied Chemistry (IUPAC), means that every science book (and shower curtain) in the world is now out of date.The seventh row of the periodic table is officially full: https://t.co/9QD4GZe8Yv pic.twitter.com/NQ9BZS6Wrx
— Science News (@ScienceNews) January 4, 2016
Image via Wikipedia CommonsI got a periodic table shower curtain for Christmas... This #newelements news makes me think I need a new edition. #periodictable
— Elisabeth Kim (@MissBellaKim) January 4, 2016
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