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.
Sometimes when the Earth's tectonic plates move, earthquakes occur or volcanoes erupt.
British rule and the Irish Catholic Penal Laws lay the foundation for a disaster.
As lawyers for both sides fought, the case grew. Eventually 648 plaintiffs joined the lawsuit. (That did not account for all the people who had lived ...
648 plaintiffs join the lawsuit; add a claim to cover people who get sick in the future, and the lawsuit goes to trial.
America captures its first U-boat, the U-505, off the coast of French West Africa.
Fires burn for three days after the earthquake, leaving thousands dead and the city in ruins.
It is never easy to break the U-boat codes because the Germans change them frequently.
PG&E has a compressor station in Hinkley (in theMojave Desert), which puts large amounts of toxins into the water, soil, and air.
The natural-gas compressor station—owned by Pacific Gas & Electric at Hinkley, California—used hexavalent chromium which was discharge...
The exploding supernova, Crab Nebula, is one of the most-studied of all objects in the sky.
The KLM captain attempts to avoid the collision, but slams into the side of the Pan Am jet.
NASA and NOAA are able to track the spread of oil from the Deepwater Horizon disaster.
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