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.

Emile Roux, famous in his own right for helping children overcome diphtheria, was Louis Pasteur's chief assistant.

The Enigma Machine, which Germany used extensively during World War II, has a list of instructions on its inside cover. Have a look, with an English t...

Is math the world's universal language? Can we understand the natural world by using math? Discover the stories behind five "beautiful equations."

Believing cocaine to have many health benefits, Freud introduced it to his friend, Ernst von Fleischl-Marxow whose disastrous dependency caused Freud ...

Thomas Nickerson wrote a narrative about the whale attack on the Essex. He included drawings in his work. This image depicts one of those drawings.

Crew members aboard Deepwater Horizon are stunned when their vessel is rocked by a sudden blowout, causing a massive explosion and fire aboard the oil...

An illustration, plus photos of Katrina's eye and eyewall, help us to "see" important parts of a hurricane.

The F-1 engine, five of which lifted the Saturn V rocket from Apollo 11's launch pad, had a complex ignition sequence which will be described here.

What is the weight of a space shuttle orbiter? What is its length? What is the combined number of miles flown by the shuttle fleet? The answers may su...

Robert (Rob) Lavinsky, PhD, took this photo. He describes a piece of feldspar: A superb, textbook feldspar crystal.

About half of the world's chameleons are found on the island of Madagascar. This image depicts a female panther chameleon which has adapted to its tre...

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