I just dont get why we arent taught things like this in school. We learn all the old stuff, but then this happens and we dont hear about it.
First of all,
Books are expensive. Books tend to be...
not that new. Because they are expensive. So they don't include things like this.
Curricula are prepared, and in many cases a teacher will create a curriculum and not change it for years (as it's a lot of work). Making curricula is... a lot of work, in general, and it has to align with state guidelines, which is particularly problematic in your state as it relates to science.
In places where you can't even teach about theories that are central to science, you can't expect anyone to be teaching about cutting-edge research that no one really fully understands yet.
On top of all of that, this stuff is way out of the scope of a high school chemistry or physics class. Or even in this case, probably any or at least most undergraduate courses.
You're taught old stuff because old stuff is simple. The old stuff is the building blocks of the new stuff. It starts you thinking logically. If you like it you can start building up to understanding this crazy stuff. Most things discovered in the past ~100 or so years are very very very complicated and deal with very advanced mathematics.
physical chemistry and quantum mechanics and particle physics are
very very hard
Here's a less sensationalist article as well, ifls isn't exactly
Conservative about the extrapolations they make/
I don't think these things are really matter?
http://www.scientificamerican.com/article/dropleton-quantum-droplet-quasiparticle/
