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Science, Technology, Engineering, Mathematics: Known in the world of academia as STEM. At one time, most news organizations had specialized reporters to cover STEM topics. Not any more ... except at The Conversation, where we publish STEM stuff every day. And it's told in such a way that you don't need to be a scientist, or a techie, or an engineer or a math whiz to understand it.
For your weekend pleasure, some of the best recent STEM articles from around The Conversation global network.
Have a great weekend and we'll be back in your Inbox on Monday.
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Michael Shannon and Michael Stuhlbarg in the film “The Shape of Water.”
(Kerry Hayes /Twentieth Century Fox Film Corporation All Rights Reserved)
Anthony Bonato, Ryerson University
This year's Toronto International Film Festival is a further example of how science, technology, engineering and math illuminate movies – and, in the process, our minds.
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STEM Weekend Reads
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Aaron Langille, Laurentian University
Making education more like playing a game could dramatically improve learning.
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Wencheng Yang, Guanglou Zheng, Edith Cowan University
Past issues with the hardware and software of the iPhone point to areas of potential concern.
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Monica Grady, The Open University
As Cassini’s mission ends, we need to start thinking ahead, like a combined mission to explore Saturn's moons Titan and Enceladus.
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Ansgar Koene, University of Nottingham
The current push towards AI categorisation of people is in danger of embedding a binary view of society.
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Nox Makunga, Stellenbosch University
Women can often draw attention to dimensions of thinking that their male perspective may miss. But this will only work if they are in positions that allow them to lead and drive the research agenda.
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Tony Royle, The Open University
On the trail of the men of Britain's Royal Aircraft Factory, who gave their lives to help create the world's first air force.
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