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.

From discovering pasteurization to debunking the "spontaneous generation" theory, Louis Pasteur and his experiments produced astonishing results.

After successfully vaccinating fifty dogs, Louis Pasteur and his team meet a young boy who was bitten by a rabid dog. They must decide whether to inno...

Louis Pasteur's list of accomplishments is impressive, not least because so many of his ideas went against the grain of contemporary thinking. His mai...

Raoul Lufbery ("Luf") is the first ace of the Lafayette Escadrille and honored in America's National Aviation Hall of Fame for his bravery in combat.

The Baobab tree, often called "The Tree of Life," is disappearing with the rest of Madagascar's rainforests.

Spiders have glands which produce a silk protein to weave their webs. It comes out of the spider as a liquid, then hardens in the air.

Belon and her family have no warning before the tsunami washes over them at a beach resort on the island of Phuket.

Millions of Irish leave the country, hoping to find a better life elsewhere.

In the late 18th century, two Italian academics have different theories about what causes a frog's leg to twitch. Is electricity inside or outside the...

First-hand accounts of the Galveston storm exist in books in the Rosenberg Library.

Two U.S. Air Force planes, one carrying bombs and one carrying fuel, collide mid-air and a nuclear bomb is lost off the coast of Spain.

  Although the dangers of hexavalent chromium (also known as "Chromium VI" or "Chrome 6") have long been known, Pacific Gas & Electric (PG&a...

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