_{A microscopic glimpse
of crystallization}

A few days ago, I published Ghost Stories: Sciencey Tales of Unforeseen Consequences... Episode 1 - A Gel Capsule's Invisible Enemy for the Popular STEM community. It was the first of a series of articles I am going to publish about real-world scientific and engineering affairs where unanticipated, sometimes seemingly insignificant factors led to extraordinary, and—as you'll see—sometimes catastrophic consequences. Each post will be a single story from the annals of STEM, in order of severity on a scale I share below. ---

_{Hints about the
**Ghost Stories** series}

The post you are reading now will serve as a home for the entire series. As I publish each episode, I'll link to it from here for future reference, and each post will provide a link back to here so you can find other posts easily if you miss any. I'm also going to attempt to obscure the topics a little bit until each episode is published to keep spoilers to a minimum.

My hope is that this series will entertain you, quench your curiosity, and give you just a little bit of pause—because a healthy dose of caution is warranted for us humans. Innovation often comes at the cost of unpredictability; with these stories, I attempt to illuminate the precarious nature of progress. What are we willing to endure in order to secure a better future? --- Here, in order of increasing scope of disaster weighted by the severity of human actions, are ten episodes of my "Ghost Stories: Sciencey Tales of Unforeseen Consequences" series; enjoy! **10.** [Ghost Stories: Sciencey Tales of Unforeseen Consequences... Episode 1 - A Gel Capsule's Invisible Enemy](https://steemit.com/popular-stem/@primevaldad/ghost-stories-sciencey-tales-of-unforeseen-consequences-episode-1-a-gel-capsule-s-invisible-enemy) **9.** The City Under a Deadly Veil **8.** The Sky's Invisible Tear **7.** The Ocean's Black Lung **6.** The Bridge That Danced to Its Doom **5.** The Cold Ascent's Fatal Flaw **4.** The Unseen Hunter in the Herd **3.** The Machine's Malicious Code **2.** The Rot That Starved a Nation **1.** The Core's Unholy Breath **\*BONUS\* The Millennium's Digital Nightmare**