STEM Story Briefs

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.

The human body has a built-in defense system which helps to protect us from invading viruses, bacteria and related disease-causing agents. This graphi...

This historical footage, shot by the Edison Company soon after the 1906 San Francisco earthquake and fire, depicts the widespread impact of the disast...

Sunsets seem more beautiful in the presence of certain types of clouds. Why is that?

Cocaine impacts the human brain and its use can lead to death.

A massive earthquake occurred off the coast of Sumatra on the 26th of December, 2004. This map image depicts the lay of the land.

On the 4th of July, 2005, an 820-pound copper projectile called IMPACTOR struck a comet named Tempel 1. Watch an animation of that significant event.

In 1954, a group of climbers on Chile's El Plomo Mountain found the mummy of a young Inca boy.

Dr. Johan Reinhard and his team found two mummies near the summit of Ampato (at an elevation of 19,200 feet).

Meet Indominus Rex, a lab-created dinosuar hybrid with ferocious tendencies and the DNA of four dinosaurs (including that of one whom paleontologists ...

Indonesians have cut-down native trees and replaced them with palm oil trees. This has led to environmental damage.

Worried about his own future, and his lack of patients, Dr. Fred Banting had an idea during the middle of the night. What he thought about led to the ...

Once Dr. Macleod allowed Dr Banting to use a lab at the University of Toronto, research into the potential treatment of diabetes moved quickly forward...

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