Mad About Science
By Brenden Bobby Reader Columnist Thanksgiving is a time when we can slow down from the hustle and bustle of daily life, plans, meetings and agendas to sit back and enjoy peace with our...
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Mad About Science: Gauss rifle
By Brenden Bobby Reader Columnist Lifelong video game fans are no strangers to the gauss rifle. What many people may not realize is that these exist in the real world, and you can actually...
Mad About Science: Siege weapons
By Brenden Bobby Reader Columnist Have you ever watched a movie about war in ancient times? Most of it is just armored guys running at each other and brutally hacking at their opponents with...
Mad About Science: Flocking birds
By Brenden Bobby Reader Columnist You will often see gaggles of Canada geese flying overhead during autumn, as they migrate from one place to another. These are the most present and noticeable flocking birds...
Mad About Science: Ouija boards
By Brenden Bobby Reader Columnist Today’s spooky topic, in celebration of All Hallow’s Eve, was provided by Reader Publisher Ben Olson. “I was just remembering the other day about the Ouija board we used...
Mad About Science: Scary stuff
By Brenden Bobby Reader Staff I recently polled the staff at the Reader in anticipation of one of my favorite holidays: Halloween. I received some really great questions about the science of scary things....
Mad About Science: Meatless meat
By Brenden Bobby Reader Staff Food plays a unique role in our lives: one part genetics, one part art, all parts necessity. Despite the multi-millionaire chefs on our TVs telling us otherwise, taste is...
Mad About Science: Cool new 3-D prints
By Brenden Bobby Reader Staff Thought 3-D printing was a fad? While COVID-19 may have slowed down research in technology and manufacturing industries worldwide, it also helped illuminate the importance of 3-D printing in...
Mad About Science: Colonizing Mars, part 2
By Brenden Bobby Reader Staff It’s all led up to this. One small print for a man, one giant block of text for Bonner County! In last week’s Mad About Science article, we discussed...
Mad About Science: Colonizing Mars, Part 1
By Brenden Bobby Reader Columnist Our subject today is too large to confine to a single page. Fortunately, the crew at the Reader tolerates my nonsense when I try to pull off something as...
