STEM Explained

Mussels are a kind of invertebrate that filter food out of the water they live in. This makes them a great tool for monitoring environmental water quality and tracking bioaccumulation in aquatic food webs.

The patchwork fur colour of Calico and tortoiseshell cats is an interesting case of genetics, heredity and sex-linked traits.

What adaptations and processes do trees in northern climates have to survive winter?

How do beef and dairy cows contribute to climate change? Livestock agriculture is a source of methane, a powerful greenhouse gas.

Ever go to pour ketchup on your fries… and nothing comes out? We’ll let the secrets about the viscosity of this non-Newtonian fluid out of the bottle!

Learn about how catalytic converters make vehicle emissions less harmful.

Drilling into Earth’s Interior is no easy task. The Kola Superdeep Borehole is one of the projects that tried to do it.

When deceased whales wash up on shore, people fear they might explode. Gas laws, decomposition reactions and organic chemistry can help us understand this fear.

Learn about the science behind the four main causes of turbulence.

Consuming sugary foods and drinks activates your brain’s reward system - the same system that can cause addiction.

It took several scientists building on each other’s discoveries to come up with Cell Theory - one of the cornerstones of biology.

Has your fresh juicy apple turned an unsightly brown? Learn about the redox reaction behind the transformation.

Learn how chemistry and genetics makes redheads stand out from the crowd.

Lava lamps are very interesting to look at. But they are also interesting examples of buoyancy, heat transfer and solubility!

Plants need to exchange gases and water with their environment as part of photosynthesis. Some plant cells have evolved specifically for this purpose.