### Author:  [@Spritle](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Spritle)
#### Post date: [July 25, 2001, 8:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/blame-it-on-the-bosenova/73789/1 "2001-07-25T20:46:45Z")
Hey, guys, some cool stuff (NPI) is happening in the world of [Chemical Physics](http://www.msnbc.com/news/603958.asp?pne=msn).
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> BOSENOVA BLAST
> A form of matter called Bose-Einstein condensate, which first was created in a laboratory in 1995, has been tinkered with until it caused miniature explosions that resemble exploding stars called supernovae, according to a new study.
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> By then fiddling with the magnetic fields, the researchers shrunk the condensate and forced a tiny explosion, which they say resembles a supernova, albeit in a microscopic level. The team has dubbed the explosion a bosenova.
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While you may not be as interested in the topic as I, I thougth it would make one heck of a thread title.
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### Author:  [@Kamandi](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kamandi)
#### Post date: [July 25, 2001, 11:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/blame-it-on-the-bosenova/73789/2 "2001-07-25T23:17:02Z")
Darn it, I read the title and was all ready to dance all over your spelling!
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### Author:  [@Manduck](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Manduck)
#### Post date: [July 26, 2001, 5:08am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/blame-it-on-the-bosenova/73789/3 "2001-07-26T05:08:59Z")
Hey, do you think those scientists worked for all those years to create that phenomenon just so they could call it that name?
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### Author:  [@Scotticher](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Scotticher)
#### Post date: [July 26, 2001, 10:37am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/blame-it-on-the-bosenova/73789/4 "2001-07-26T10:37:12Z")
Well, I for one think this is an AWESOME idea. I intend to implement it into my life. From this day forward, I shall blame everything that vexes me on the Bosenova.
And if just blaming it on the Bosenova doesn’t work, I shall just start dancing the aforementioned B…it may not solve anything, but at the very least people will be afraid to VEX me lest I start dancing.
This idea? I like it.
PS…isn’t it spelled Bosanova? Oh yes, that has already been mentioned. Well, since it really ISN’T the Bosanova, I can make up my own dance…which is convenient, since I don’t have a CLUE how to dance the REAL Bosanova.
::Sigh:: I am SO lame.
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### Author:  [@screech-owl](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/screech-owl)
#### Post date: [July 26, 2001, 10:53am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/blame-it-on-the-bosenova/73789/5 "2001-07-26T10:53:18Z")
Psst, Scotticher - it’s spelled Bossa Nova.
Never danced it myself, but it’s a really catchy preset on the Wurlitzer.
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### Author:  [@Scotticher](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Scotticher)
#### Post date: [July 26, 2001, 10:58am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/blame-it-on-the-bosenova/73789/6 "2001-07-26T10:58:04Z")
Thank you, dear.
I TOLD you I was lame, now didn’t I? 🙂
And now that you mention it, I think I knew that. It didn’t feel RIGHT somehow to spell it Bosanova.
I still can’t dance it, though, no matter how you spell it. But if I spell it Bosanova, it lends credence to me making up my own dance. What a relief!
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### Author:  [@screech-owl](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/screech-owl)
#### Post date: [July 26, 2001, 11:00am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/blame-it-on-the-bosenova/73789/7 "2001-07-26T11:00:32Z")
‘Bosanova’ sounds like a small village in the Balkans, or a piece of antique furniture.
“Thank you, dear, just put the groceries on the bosanova.”
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### Author:  [@Spritle](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Spritle)
#### Post date: [July 26, 2001, 6:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/blame-it-on-the-bosenova/73789/8 "2001-07-26T18:46:58Z")
My uncle used to drive a Chevy Bosanova.