Mad About Science: Halloween
By Brenden Bobby
Reader Columnist
I’ve never been a Halloween humbug, so I wasn’t about to miss out on the fun of writing an article on one of my favorite …
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Mad About Science: 21st Century Agriculture
By Brenden Bobby
Reader Columnist
North Idaho is just a little bit country. It’s not unusual to see someone trotting a horse through most of our towns as though it …
Mad About Science: Heavy organisms
By Brenden Bobby
Reader Columnist
We all know that blue whales are big, but are they the biggest? They’re the biggest marine mammals in the world, and possibly even the …
Mad About Science: Urine
By Brenden Bobby
Reader Columnist
I love writing about gross stuff, and there are few things that gross people out more than things that come out of the human body. …
Mad About Science: Muscles
By Brenden Bobby
Reader Columnist
This article is meant to do one thing, ja. Pump… You up!
Muscles come in a huge variety of forms and have an amazing amount …
Mad About Science: Ultraviolet radiation
By Brenden Bobby
Reader Columnist
Typical Brenden: late to the party. Summer is practically over, and only now is he riding in on his science pony to warn us all …
Mad About Science: Wild Bacteria
By Brenden Bobby
Reader Columnist
When we think about bacteria, we think about soaping it off our bodies as quickly as we can. A clean body is a body without …
Mad About Science: Optical illusions
By Brenden Bobby
Reader Columnist
If you were to equate the human body to a computer, our eyes would be a webcam while our brains are all of the stuff …
Mad About Science: Asteroids
By Brenden Bobby
Reader Columnist
Apocalyptic science-fiction scenarios are in the headlines again as a giant chunk of rock is expected to whizz by Earth in September. Some people, including …
Mad About Science: Evolutionary baggage
By Brenden Bobby
Reader Columnist
When people talk about evolution, terms like “perfectly adapted” often arise. In truth, evolution is far from perfect but it has given us a lot …
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TIMBER WARS: Six-part series, February-November 2022.
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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.
