In a remarkable scientific breakthrough researchers have discovered the lightest isotope of the rare and rapidly decaying element, astatine. The discovery of 190-Astatine was made by Master of Science graduate Henna Kokkonen as part of her thesis work, providing important insights into atomic nuclei
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They did this without having an actual master’s degree. Marvelous work!
I’m pretty sure that discovering a new isotope while working on your MS guarantees that you’ll get the degree.
And a path to a full doctorate, lined with scales of mythical lizards with above average intelligence
and it is those mythical lizards with just above average intelligence that we need to fear.
its a very rare group of people that get to experiencee that particular and precise type of professional joy. wow.
I wouldn’t call it a new type. I expected some weird antimatter or dark matter of whatever groundbreaking shit.