Mad About Science: Televisions
By Brenden Bobby
Reader Columnist
So, you got a brand new 7 million-inch TV on Black Friday for $8. Sure, to get it you only had to pick up another …
Category: Mad About Science
Mad About Science: Medieval cuisine
By Brenden Bobby
Reader Columnist
Movies, television and film have given us an idea on what medieval food must have been like: slop and watery gruel for the peasants while …
Mad About Science: Slavic folklore
By Brenden Bobby
Reader Columnist
You might be wondering what a bunch of Slavic fairy tales are doing in a science article. That’s good. Curiosity and skepticism are important traits …
Mad About Science: Strange liquids
By Brenden Bobby
Reader Columnist
Liquids are a vital part of our ability to survive. If water didn’t have a sustained liquid form on Earth, life wouldn’t have evolved to …
Mad About Science: Evolutionary Behavior
By Brenden Bobby
Reader Columnist
In the grand scheme of things, we’re all basically just apes with awesome tools. Just about all of our daily rituals, from brushing our teeth …
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 …
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 …
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Special Report
THE AMERICAN REDOUBT: Seven-part series, November-December 2017.
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Community Calendars
This week in Sandpoint: Schweitzer’s Community Day is coming up Friday and lift tickets are just $10 – what a deal! Plus, all proceeds benefit two local nonprofits. See all happenings this week, Dec. 9-15:
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Sandpoint in Pictures
November’s Sandpoint in Pictures winner. There is a touching sentiment behind this photo, which captured November’s photo contest prize. And a new contest is in full swing for December, too. Submit a photo, see local pics, and vote at SandpointPictures.com»
