Imagine pouring together two cups of warm water and somehow ending up with a cup of boiling water. That cannot happen in everyday life, but at the quantum level, something similar is possible. Multiple low-energy particles of light can combine their energy to create a single particle with much higher energy.
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In the early 2000s, classrooms were simple.
One desktop computer sat in the back of the room, usually reserved for Accelerated Reader quizzes, and a computer lab down the hall hosted weekly keyboarding lessons. When laptop carts arrived, it felt like the future had rolled in on wheels.
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Only about one in three students say their school has a school-wide AI policy, yet students across the country are already using AI to complete assignments, study for exams, and make decisions about their daily lives. Aleta Margolis, founder and president of the Center for Inspired Teaching, has spent three decades coaching teachers to ask better questions and listen more carefully to students. She argues in a recent EdSurge piece that the policy conversation cannot come first: the human conversation has to.
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When Logan first drove the Mercedes-Benz CLE300, he didn't quite fall in love with it, and Amber didn't like the CLE she drove either. Normally, I wouldn't have a problem with that, but in this case, it's Mercedes. Luxury coupes and convertibles are Mercedes' thing. Plus, Logan is nine feet tall, and Amber lives in New York City. Maybe the CLEs they drove were just the wrong cars for them. Surely I, a proper grand touring appreciator, just needed the right CLE and the right road trip, and I'd be singing the new tweener two-door's praises until everyone started to get annoyed with it.
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06/16/26 UPDATE: This review has been updated with instrumented test results.
When Lexus first launched as a brand in 1989, it offered two sedans: the ES and the LS. The full-size LS flagship quickly came to define the Lexus ethos, but 37 years later, it's the mid-size ES nameplate that persists. Lexus is going back to having just two sedans, and the LS will not be one of them, as it's bidding farewell with just a 250-unit run of Heritage Edition models for 2026. The compact IS is still around, but it's getting long in the tooth as the third generation has just received its third facelift.
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In quantum states that theoretically last forever, particles get bounced around again and again, as if in a hall of mirrors Guy Bell/Alamy; Yayoi Kusama, Infinity Mirrored Room
This grilled portobello mushrooms recipe is an easy 15-minute side dish! A simple balsamic marinade fills the mushrooms with delicious savory flavor.
Published Jun 16, 2026
Practice is one of the most powerful ways students build real understanding. But every teacher knows that getting students to start, stick with, and feel proud of that practice takes more than a good assignment.
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From the March 1992 issue of Car and Driver.
The latest Testarossa is by no means all-new, but Ferrari has improved it in so many ways that it might as well be. In the process, the maestros of Maranello have also made the car more beautiful than its predecessor and have given it a new alphanumeric designator: the 512TR.
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Brain scans suggest that some autistic people have strong connections between their brain regions, while for others, this activity is weak Puwadol Jaturawutthichai/Alamy
Some autistic people seem to have unusually strong connections between different regions of their brain, while others have weakened links. These two connectivity patterns appear to be associated with different mechanisms within the brain, adding to the growing evidence that there are several kinds of autism that are at least somewhat distinct from each other.
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