Bill S I ran across a very good radio discussion from British physics professor Brian Cox. It's not deep or complicated but the message is very much that which should be taught
http://news.bbc.co.uk/today/hi/today/newsid_9622000/9622751.stmIt is interesting that people now readily accept that we are controlled by these tiny DNA sequences that creates and shapes what we are, yet struggle with the idea that our physical seemingly solid world comes out of this tiny very non solid fabric structure.
We should also add one last final piece from this year in that the speed of propogation of QM information has recently been experimentally tested and it is alot less than the speed of light. This is going to have very profound consequences to some previous thought QM ideas (
http://www.wired.com/wiredscience/2012/01/quantum-information-speed)
