Mad About Science: Snailpocalypse
By Brenden Bobby Reader Columnist Most of us have fun memories of cute little snails from kindergarten. We knew they were slow, patient and harmless creatures that carried their home on their back and...
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Mad About Science: War Bots
By Brenden Bobby Reader Columnist I’ve been on a bit of an “XCOM 2” kick lately, which has inspired me to go on and write about cool robots that keep the world safe! “XCOM...
Mad About Science: The Great Pacific Garbage Patch
By Brenden Bobby Reader Columnist This week’s topic is courtesy of Lyndsie Kiebert. Thanks, Lyndsie! Sorry it took me so long to write about it. Humans generate an unfathomable amount of garbage. Most of...
Mad About Science: Science in 2018
By Brenden Bobby Reader Columnist Another year has come and gone. As we usher in ritualistic and often futile resolutions that don’t survive into February, the world just keeps on turning. Though, by nature,...
Mad About Science: Weird Extraterrestrial Weather
By Brenden Bobby Reader Columnist Earth is pretty spectacular. We have wild weather, but nothing compared to some of the craziness in space. Jupiter has some of the most vicious wind we’ve ever observed,...
Mad About Science: Comets
By Brenden Bobby Reader Columnist It’s not every day that you get to see a comet. In some cases, it’s not every lifetime you get to see a comet. A comet is an amalgam...
Mad About Science: Old Stuff
By Brenden Bobby Reader Columnist Ahead, there’s plenty of fuel for informed “Yo’ Mamma” jokes. Disclosure: Brenden is not responsible for any bodily injuries you receive for unleashing the aforementioned jokes upon the world....
Mad About Science: ‘The Call of Cthulhu’
By Brenden Bobby Reader Columnist “Ph’nglui mglw’nafh Cthulhu R’lyeh wgah’nagl fhtagn” “The Call of Cthulhu” was a short story written by H.P. Lovecraft, published in February 1928. It’s about the narrator, Francis Wayland Thurston,...
Mad About Science: Freaky Flora
By Brenden Bobby Reader Columnist Plants are weird. For organisms that eat poop and don’t move from the spot they were “born” their entire lives, they can be crazy intelligent. We’ve talked about orchids...
Mad About Science: Lobsters and Friends
By Brenden Bobby Reader Columnist Everyone’s favorite status dinner! Few things beat a succulent lobster tail drenched in enough butter to send you into cardiac arrest. What can be said about the lobster that...
