Mad About Science: Injection molding
By Brenden Bobby
Reader Columnist
Injection molding touches all of our lives, whether we realize it or not, yet it’s a process that not many people have ever been exposed …
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Mad About Science: Cheese
By Brenden Bobby
Reader Columnist
Delicious curdled milk has been consumed by humans for at least 10,000 years. Some experts argue that cheese has hidden health benefits, though that probably …
Mad About Science: Smells, sugars and you
By Brenden Bobby
Reader Columnist
What do hydrocortisone steroids, dryer sheets and Febreze all have in common?
Corn cobs.
I’m sure you’ve wondered how aerosol air fresheners work. They’re advertised …
Mad About Science: The Artemis Program
By Brenden Bobby
Reader Columnist
“We choose to go to the moon in this decade and do the other things, not because they are easy, but because they are hard; …
Mad About Science: Toilets
By Brenden Bobby
Reader Columnist
There is one universal truth about Thanksgiving: what goes in, must come out. Poop is gross, but at least we live in an age of …
Mad About Science: Novels
By Brenden Bobby
Reader Columnist
Libraries possess one thing in spades: novels. What exactly constitutes a novel?
A novel is a narrative work of fiction that focuses on characters moving …
Mad About Science: Language
By Brenden Bobby
Reader Staff
Language is a bit of an enigma. It’s impossible to pin dates on the development of a particular spoken language. If it’s a written language …
Mad About Science: Weird, magical math
By Brenden Bobby
Reader Columnist
Galileo once wrote: “Mathematics is the language in which God has written the universe.”
Take that as literally or figuratively as you want, your decision …
Mad About Science: Pumpkins
By Brenden Bobby
Reader Columnist
It’s that time of the year where every coffee shop smells like one thing and one thing only: pumpkin spice. It’s interesting that the smells …
Mad About Science: Funky volcano behavior
By Brenden Bobby
Reader Columnist
Volcanoes are one of the most powerful and destructive forces on the planet. The raw power of the Earth is nothing short of awe inspiring, …
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Special Report
TIMBER WARS: Six-part series, February-November 2022.
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WHERE ARE THE WORKERS?: Five-part series, September-October 2021.
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THE AMERICAN REDOUBT: Seven-part series, November-December 2017.
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STANDOFF AT RUBY RIDGE: 25 Years Later. Five-part series, August-September 2017.
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Sandpoint in Pictures
Filmmaker Jimmy Matlosz of the Idaho Film Company has made a series of mini documentaries about influential Sandpoint locals, including the late Dann Hall and Erik Daarstad as well as icons Diane Michaels and Dan Shook. He is currently working on a series of interviews connected to the history of the Panida Theater. Jimmy is a 30-year veteran filmmaker who’s work can be seen at dpmatlosz.com.
