Double Helix, or Twisted Ladder?

Scientists are constantly trying to use alternative methods and simplification to explain science to students, politicians, and the public. With science becoming more complex every day, this is a constant struggle.

"Wieman said he had reduced the number of snoozers at his lectures by using cartoons and a toy machine gun that fires pingpong balls (mimicking light particles) at a basketball (an atom)."

Read the complete LA Times Story for a bit more on how scientists try to explain things like string theory, spectropolarimetry, and DNA.