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What Sonic Black Holes Say About Real Ones
...Can Analogies Reveal the Laws of Physics? In the years following Unruh’s talk, black holes — places where general relativity and quantum mechanics, the two pillars of modern physics, meet...
A New Spin on the Quantum Brain
...when he published a paper in Annals of Physics proposing that the nuclear spins of phosphorus atoms could serve as rudimentary “qubits” in the brain — which would essentially enable...
Solution: ‘Which Forecasts Are True?’
...as I’ve said before in these columns, is that physics of one or two particles is far simpler, and therefore far kinder to our mathematical models, than the highly messy...
A Wormhole Between Physics and Education
...physics department,” she said. “I didn’t see myself there.” She thought she would “apply for Ph.D. programs because good universities don’t offer master’s degrees in physics, but really I’d do...
Helen Quinn: A Wormhole Between Physics and Education
Helen Quinn has blazed a singular path from the early days of the Standard Model to the latest overhaul of science education in the United States. Peter DaSilva for Quanta...
Science Evolves. Will Science Education?
...studied a mix of physics, mathematical physics and literature at Cornell University.) I also looked for ways to extend my teaching beyond the canned lessons in the school-approved curricular guide....
The Art of Teaching Math and Science
...in popularity among physics teachers. Modeling instruction won the 2014 Excellence in Physics Education Award from the American Physical Society and has been shown to yield higher scores than traditional...
Nobel Prize Awarded for Quantum Topology
Three physicists were awarded the Nobel Prize in Physics today for rewriting our understanding of exotic quantum states on the surfaces of materials. Their work explains the behavior of superconductors...
Solution: ‘Time Through an LCD Display’
...to making science games. The games feature a variety of physics topics, letting you run near the speed of light to experience relativity, fling planets to explore the laws of...