By Brenden Bobby Reader Columnist We’ve explored the exciting world of boring machines a few times over the past few months, most recently talking about the impressive tunnel systems drilled through the Swiss Alps....
By Brenden Bobby Reader Contributor If you grew up around here, you likely learned a bit about steam locomotives during Pacific Northwest History class in high school. Since at least the 1890s, the bulk...
By Brenden Bobby Reader Columnist Author’s note: The numbers referenced in this article are a reflection of the Nvidia 30 series graphics cards. GPUs, or graphics processing units, have made headlines with the advent...
By Brenden Bobby Reader Columnist There have been numerous headlines in the past five years centered on a confusing subject: The world seems to be running out of sand. How could this be when...
By Brenden Bobby Reader Columnist Watch enough of the news and you’re bound to see a report pop up on a massive sinkhole opening in a semi-urban area and swallowing everything above, from roads...
By Brenden Bobby Reader Columnist Today’s subject was suggested by Kodiak Ellis. Thanks, Kodi! The discovery of electricity brought with it a unique problem that had never before been encountered by human civilization: light...
By Brenden Bobby Reader Columnist There’s a lot of work that goes into designing and building a nuclear power plant. It’s a relatively clean source of energy, when compared to oil or coal, but...
By Brenden Bobby Reader Columnist This week’s subject was a suggestion by Steve Sanchez. Thanks, Steve! As any connoisseur of gas station sushi is aware, food preservation is important. We can’t always finish a...
By Brenden Bobby Reader Columnis Roads in Bonner County come in a lot of varieties — from dirt and gravel to asphalt concrete, and something that looks like it just got bombed out during...
By Brenden Bobby Reader Columnist I was frequently lectured in elementary school for my bathroom humor. “No one is supposed to think about poop!” I was often told. It turns out that a lot...
