Science Stuff: Science, Technology, Engineering, Maths (STEM)

Photo: Rhett Allain. This is an incandescent light bulb — it doesn’t really have anything to do with this post.

It seems like STEM pops up all over the place. Yes, it’s an acronym that comes from science, technology, engineering and math. Quick note — it used to be SMET, but no one calls it that any more.

Honestly, if it were up to me (it’s obviously not), I would call it MSET because that order makes the most sense. OK, let’s go over these different areas. I’m going…