The periodic table of elements family just got a little bigger, adding two obscure, short-lived bundles of joy.

For now, they&#039;re affectionately dubbed elements 114 and 116 -- the number of protons in their nuclei.

These aren&#039;t elements you&#039;ll run into in your average lab class; scientists make elements 114 and 116 by smashing atoms together.

Even then, they disintegrate quickly. Atoms of 114 exist for just a few seconds, and 116 disintegrates in less than a second.