STEM Chapters

Science, technology, engineering and math are key subjects to study in today's rapidly changing, technology-based society. They are also great subjects for interesting stories.

Extreme cold can also mummify a human body. One woman in the northern hemisphere is so well preserved that lice can be observed on her head.

While medical researchers are making progress in understanding the Ebola virus, the current methods of prevention and treatment are similar to 19th-ce...

With "Kong: Skull Island," we explore the world of Gorillas. How did Kong become so huge? Gorillas are the largest of the living apes with two species...

Herb Morrison reports live as the Hindenburg approaches the landing site and catches fire.

Arriving at Lakehurst Naval Air Station, during her first transatlantic crossing from Germany to America, the Hindenburg (LZ 129) is escorted b...

People save possessions by burying them in the sand before they flee the October 1871 fires in Holland, Michigan.

While he is still a child, Howard Hughes unexpectedly loses both of his parents.

Because of his love of flying, Howard starts an aircraft company and advances aviation.

Inspired by his uncle's career, Howard Hughes becomes a successful movie producer.

Going against accepted standards, Howard Hughes asks the courts for the right to manage his family business before he turned 21. He won his case.

Spiders begin their meal by vomiting digestive fluids on their food, chewing it with their jaws, swallowing it and then digesting it!

This photo, online via the National Museum of the U.S. Air Force, depicts an Enigma machine in use during World War II.  Curators of the museum p...

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