Mad About Science: Steroids in baseball
By Brenden Bobby
Reader Columnist
I was an 8-year-old nerd in a class full of boys — who were primarily jocks — when Mark McGwire and Sammy Sosa fought an …
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Mad About Science: Fentanyl
By Brenden Bobby
Reader Columnist
These articles are usually filled with an adequate level of snark and silliness tucked between lines of dense information. This week may not have so …
Mad About Science: Pasta
By Brenden Bobby
Reader Columnist
Chances are that you’ve probably eaten pasta at some point in your life. Most people consume premade pasta from the grocery store. Dried and pre-packaged …
Mad about Science: Space in 2024
By Brenden Bobby
Reader Columnist
2024 is set to be a landmark year when it comes to scientific pursuits. Fusion energy is racing toward reality with multiple repeated ignitions from …
Mad about Science: Donuts
By Brenden Bobby
Reader Columnist
There is an irreparable rift in our country. On either side of the aisle, voices are raised, fingers are pointed, insults are thrown. It’s doughnut! …
Mad about Science: Weird volcanism
By Brenden Bobby
Reader Columnist
We learned about funky volcano behavior last year while exploring fumaroles, mud pots and cryovolcanoes. Surely that was all the weirdness that exists in the …
Mad about Science: Alien (1979)
By Brenden Bobby
Reader Columnist
The few times that I’ve penned an article about a movie it has been to tear it to pieces for scientific inaccuracies, ludicrous time jumps …
Mad about Science: Pangaea
By Brenden Bobby
Reader Columnist
A lot can happen in a billion years. The continents, as we know them, have not always been laid out in the way they appear …
Mad About Science: Book binding
By Brendon Bobby
Reader Columnist
Book binding is an art that goes back to at least the fifth century B.C.E. This process could be even older but we don’t have …
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Special Report
TIMBER WARS: Six-part series, February-November 2022.
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WHERE ARE THE WORKERS?: Five-part series, September-October 2021.
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THE AMERICAN REDOUBT: Seven-part series, November-December 2017.
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STANDOFF AT RUBY RIDGE: 25 Years Later. Five-part series, August-September 2017.
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Community Calendars
Coming up this week! Don’t miss Festivus, Skiing with Santa, Hogwire, and more! See the full list of events in the Community Calendars:
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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.
