Taking the fear out of quantum physics
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Updates every hour. Last Updated: 26-Jun-2025 22:10 ET (27-Jun-2025 02:10 GMT/UTC)
Just the word “quantum” can make even seasoned science teachers break into a sweat. But a national pilot program led by The University of Texas at Arlington is helping take the mystery out of the subject for students and educators alike. This week, 50 high school students and science teachers gathered at Arlington Martin High School to dive into the topic through Quantum for All, a program launched by Karen Jo Matsler, a professor of practice and master teacher in UT Arlington’s UTeach program.
In a new study released in Science, researchers for the first time have detected and described a slow-slip earthquake during the act of releasing pressure on a major fault — Japan’s Nankai Fault. The breakthrough could help researchers home in on the behavior of subduction zone faults across the Pacific Ring of Fire.
A groundbreaking study in PLOS Biology from researchers at Harvard University, offers a fresh and compelling answer to the fundamental evolution mystery of how mammals went from sprawling like lizards to upright; revealing the path to upright posture wasn’t linear, but full of unexpected detours, evolutionary experimentation, and dramatic anatomical upheaval.