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.

How does a Torpedo Fish capture its prey using electricity? Have a look at this Electric Ray in action.

The jaw of an adultT. rexwas huge - paleontologists believe some were as large as five feet - and it contained between 50 to 60 bone-crunching teeth. ...

When Sue Hendrickson and her colleagues started to extract their amazing find from the rocky outcrop, in South Dakota, they made another interesting d...

When it comes to the brain size of a Triceratops, a favorite prey of T. rex, be prepared for a surprise.

Triceratops - a five-ton adult dinosaur which ate vegetation, not meat - had an interesting appearance.

The Trifid Nebula (also known as M20 and NGC 6514) is a favorite of amateur astronomers. Its name means "divided into three lobes."

Although people in Thailand had previously experienced the effects of an earthquake, they were unfamiliar with tsunamis and their amazing power to des...

It is possible to detect tsunamis via a system known as "DART," which is short for "Deep-Ocean Assessment and Reporting of Tsunamis."

When a devastating earthquake occurred offshore Banda Aceh, Indonesia - on December 26, 2994 - a massive and deadly tsunami followed soon after.

On the 30th of June, 1908, a meteorite impacted the Tunguska area in Siberia.

A virulent form of typhus, called ship fever, is often spread by lice. Ship fever claimed the lives of many Irish people who were onboard ships making...

Escaping slaves needed to understand a bit of science in order to find their way to freedom. The words of songs helped them to achieve that objective...

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