Mad About Science: Northern flicker
By Brenden Bobby Reader Columnist Every year, around this time I hear a little tap, tap, tap at the window. First thing in the morning, it’s always a little bit disorienting — who is...
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Mad About Science: Vinyl Chloride
By Brenden Bobby Reader Columnist In the wake of the Norfolk Southern train derailment in East Palestine, Ohio, on Feb. 3, a substance called vinyl chloride has been making headlines and appearing all over...
Mad About Science: Bubonic plague in America
By Brenden Bobby Reader Columnist It’s easy to look at our cars, homes and electronic devices, and think that we’re so much more advanced as a species than we were a hundred years ago....
Mad About Science: Dyslexia
By Brenden Bobby Reader Columnist Have you ever experienced a moment in school where you drifted off into a daydream, just to be snapped back to reality by your teacher asking you a question?...
Mad About Science: Arquebuses, blunderbusses and muskets
By Brenden Bobby Reader Columnist We’ve explored the history of firearms before, but several thousand years is hard to cover in a page. Today, we’re going to take a look at some of the...
Mad About Science: Muppets and puppets
By Brenden Bobby Reader Columnist “As children, we all live in a world of imagination, of fantasy, and for some of us that world of make-believe continues into adulthood.” — Jim Henson Puppetry is...
Mad About Science: The Uncanny Valley
By Brenden Bobby Reader Columnist Let’s be honest. There are two kinds of people in this world: people who collect porcelain dolls, and the rest of us. Have you ever wondered what it is...
Mad About Science
By Brenden Bobby Reader Columnist Wood stoves are common in North Idaho. Throwing combustibles into a metal bin and setting them on fire for heat seems like a straightforward idea, but there’s a surprising...
Mad About Science: Dental cavities and how we fill them
By Brenden Bobby Reader Columnist Today’s subject is courtesy of Lyndsie Kiebert-Carey. Thanks, Lyndsie! At some point in life, just about every one of us has suffered from a cavity in our teeth. Some...
Life in miniature
By Brenden Bobby Reader Columnist I was always an artsy kid with a flair for the fantastic. I distinctly remember being singled out and shamed in front of the whole class in the third...
