just in case anyone cares

I'm sure you chem people know about the Aufbau Principle which basically states that electrons fill in the lower energy levels first and then move their way up from there. It is one of the most basic theories that is the basis for all of chemistry. Well, the Stanford Particle Accelerator Lab has just discovered with their X-ray picoscope (which is an actual thing I didn't make it up it means a "microscope" that uses particles with a wavelength of 10^-12) which can actually watch chemical reactions occur at the atomic level, that they in fact do not follow this principle, but randomly fill in whatever orbital is available...so in conclusion Chem sucks; Physics rocks!