Mad About Science: Peaches
By Brenden Bobby Reader Columnist It’s just not summer without a bite of America’s favorite fuzzy fruit. You can do a lot with peaches. You can make jams, jellies and juices, turn them into...
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Mad About Science: Ants, ants and more ants
By Brenden Bobby Reader Columnist Summer in North Idaho can mean only one thing: Construction. Oh, no, sorry. I mean: Bad traffic. Dang, zero-for-two! Let’s try: Wildfires. OK, OK, OK. I give up. No...
Mad About Science: Gladiators
By Brenden Bobby Reader Columnist You may know me as the fantasy-loving nerd always crying about climate change and telling you to go hug trees or pet a dolphin or whatever, but what you...
Mad About Science: Dunkleosteus
By Brenden Bobby Reader Columnist In the final installment of our aquatic monsters series, the weird name parade continues, but don’t be fooled. The Dunkle isn’t a clown, and is most definitely not your...
Mad About Science: Leedsichthys
By Brenden Bobby Reader Columnist Sponsored by the Sandpoint Library Try saying that one ten times fast: “Leeds-ICK-thiss” A weird name for a truly weird fish. Leedsichthys was a colossal filter-feeding fish that swam...
Mad About Science: Cybersecurity
By Brenden Bobby Reader Columnist In the wake of the recent ransomeware attack that went global in a matter of hours, cybersecurity has taken the media by storm and has returned front and...
Mad About Science: Ducks
By Brenden Bobby Reader Columnist Sponsored by Sandpoint Library Let’s face the facts, here. You’ll be hard-pressed to find anyone that can seriously proclaim:”I hate ducks!” Even if you hunt them, you don’t hate...
Mad About Science: Baseball
By Brenden Bobby Reader Columnist Sponsored by the Sandpoint Library If you’re reading this article in utter shock and disbelief that a nerd could like sports, I have a simple question: What rock have...
Mad About Science: The Fifties
By Brenden Bobby Reader Columnist Sponsored by Sandpoint Library Lost in the ‘50s is this weekend! So, it seems like as good a time as ever to take a trip down memory lane and...
Mad About Science: Swords
By Brenden Bobby Reader Columnist Sponsored by the Sandpoint Library I don’t know about you, but I was captivated by swords from a young age. They are unique symbols of power, righteousness, justice, strength...
