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.

NASAs orbiter (Cassini) and ESAs probe (Huygens) provide the world with in-depth information about Saturn.

If cracks are not repaired to contain the coolant, the K-19 could explode due to a meltdown.

The U.S. creates an ad campaignurging people to stay in their cities and fight, in case an enemy drops a nuclear bomb.

During late November, 1820, the Essex was attacked by a whale. The real-life story inspired the tale of "Moby Dick."

In an unbelievable turn of events, a sperm whale attacks a whaleship called the Essex on November 20, 1820.

Baby spiders travel by "ballooning," which means they send out a strand of spider silk and ride it on the wind. Millions of spiderlings "rained" on a ...

Bill James creates a method to evaluate baseball players by using statistics called "sabermetrics."

Billy Beane, the A's general manager, and Paul DePodesta, an A's scout, discovers a method to pick baseball players using limited funds.

In 1995, the mummified remains of a young girl are found; she was probably a sacrifice to the gods.

75 years ago, an atomic bomb, known as "Little Boy," devastates the Japanese city of Hiroshima and its people on August 6, 1945.

An atomic bomb called "Fat Man" detonates above the Japanese city of Nagasaki on August 9, 1945. Less than a week later, Japan surrenders, ending WWII...

The Atlantic Forest is a forest area which once covered a great part of Brazil, but most of it is now cut-down.

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