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Slashdot reader ffkom writes: The air around you mostly consists of nitrogen [78%]. And in that air exist happy little monogamous pairs of two nitrogen atoms per molecule, also known as N2. Researchers from the University of Giessen, Germany, recently managed to synthesize N6 molecules, "the first, to our knowledge, experimentally realized neutral molecular nitrogen allotrope beyond N2 that exhibits unexpected stability." And these appear to be pretty angry little molecules, as they detonate at more than twice the energy density than good old TNT: A kiloton of N6 is 1.19×10**7mol, which can release an energy of 2.20×109kcal (9.21terajoules) based...

  We Know That These Explosives Were ThereBy Senator John EdwardsSen. John Edwards: We know that these explosives were there. We know that the Bush administration was notified they were there.Is he talking about the Weapons of Mass Destruction that "We Know Were There" and that the Bush administration was notified of by every major intelligence organization on the planet, or is he talking about this piddly 377 tons of RDX?This is so humorous I'm about to wet my pants and it's 'the' main page headline on MSNBC.  I guess they aren't making the connection.