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.

George Mallory and Andrew Irvine disappear in 1924 while attempting to become the first to summit Mt. Everest.

Before it issued the flyer, PG&E met with the people of Hinkley on April 25, 1988.   During the meeting, defendant (PG&E) told citize...

PG&E tells residents of Hinkley that their "groundwater is good and suitable for drinking" even though it contains unsafe levels of cancer-causing che...

President Truman makes a decision to use America's atomic weapons to bomb Japan.

Learn the stories of humans diving into the depths of the sea that have been told for thousands of years.

John Nash begins hearing voices in his head and seeks help at McLean Hospital.

Few homes or buildings remain in Galveston after the hurricane.

T-Rex is an extinct, North American meat-eating dinosaur first found in 1902 by Barnum Brown.

Since the early 19th century, people have searched for fossilized dinosaurs (starting when these enormous creatures were previously unknown and unname...

In 1802, a 12-year-old school boy named Pliny Moody is the first person to discover fossilized dinosaur tracks.

Protected only by a pair of latex gloves, three lab workers in Antwerp open a thermos, carried aboard a commercial flight, and begin to examine blood ...

It is typical, in France, to remove the heart of a royal after death; DNA evidence proves Dr. Pelletan took Louis XVII's heart.

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