1. Read more about the Schon case, the LLL case on the discovery of element 118, and the Imanishi-Kari/"Baltimore Case". Write 1000 words with proper referencing about the similarities/dissimilarities in these cases. What is your impression of what motivated these scientists to behave the way they did?
2. A radiosonde is a balloon-borne instrument which measures temperature, relative humidity, and the winds. Assume that the balloon which carries this instrument weighs 300g and the sonde transmitter weighs 200 g. If we inflate the balloon to a diameter of 1.5m, what is the initial lift of the balloon and what will be its initial rise rate. Assume that you are at the Chesapeake lighthouse (sealevel) and that the temperature outside is 24 degrees Celsius. Neglect Stokes drag on the balloon. (HINT: use the ideal gas law and Newton's second law.)