STEM Explained

NASA engineers apply kinematics and dynamics to test parachutes designed specifically to help space probes land safely using aerodynamics.

Viruses can make you feel awful! This article explains how feeling bad might be your immune system’s way of helping you heal.

Spending time outside has important physical and psychological benefits. It can even help you learn better!

Learn about the organic compounds that make up lipstick as well as about some of the chemistry that goes into this popular cosmetic.

When you hurt your ankle, thermodynamics can help you heal! An endothermic reaction reduces the swelling by cooling your injury.

Radiocarbon dating is a method of radiometric dating. Learn how archaeologists use carbon isotopes to find the age of organic materials at archaeological sites.

One-third of all food produced is wasted. Learn about the environmental consequences of food waste, and what you can do about it.

Dmitri Mendeleev’s version of the periodic table was brilliant - find out why!

Learn how a team of Canadian engineers used Bernoulli’s Principle to design a human-powered helicopter. It set a world record for human-powered hovering flight!

When you cut your finger, your immune system kicks in to protect you from pathogens.

Earth is covered in rocks. So are Mercury, Venus, Mars and the Moon. Does that mean the rocky planets are all the same?

The life and death of stars form the chemical elements that make up Earth, making stars critical to life as we know it.

In 2019, scientists discovered that our galaxy, the Milky Way, is not the shape they thought it was. How do astronomers use astronomical distance to understand the shapes of galaxies?

The periodic table was last updated in 2016 with four new chemical elements. What is a chemical element? What is the atomic structure of the newest chemical elements? How did they get their names?

Learn about the history of surfboards, and how different materials and designs over the years affected the physics at work in surfing.