Mad about Science: Leaving the leaves
By Brenden BobbyReader Columnist People have a lot of rituals. Among the most bizarre to me is the collection of biodegradable leaves into non-biodegradable plastic bags to be shipped off to a landfill. Many...
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Mad About Science: Unexplained mysteries
By Brenden BobbyReader Columnist We’ve spent October exploring all sorts of unexplained mysteries; and, as Halloween descends upon us, we look at our final batch — the oddest and most intriguing unexplained mysteries I’ve...
Mad about Science: Doppelgängers and weird coincidences
By Brenden BobbyReader Staff History is full of weird coincidences. Enough people exist for a certain length of time and you are bound to have some expected, albeit unusual, occurrences. It’s just statistics at...
Mad about Science: Oakville blobs
By Brenden BobbyReader Columnist We continue through October with another instance of unsolved mysteries. This is a story with twists and turns, and the potential of a massive government cover-up happening right in the...
Mad about Science: Impossible architecture
By Brenden BobbyReader Columnist As the remaining leaves shift to shades of red, orange and yellow, we continue our monthslong march into the season of spookiness with more unsolved mysteries of our world. Today,...
Mad about Science: The Voynich Manuscript
By Brenden BobbyReader Staff Pumpkin spice, cobwebs and pumpkins can mean only one thing: spooky season is upon us! To celebrate the season, we are going to look at one of the most elaborate...
Western conifer seed bugs
By Brenden BobbyReader Staff September in Bonner County means three things: the tourists have mostly packed up with the endless convoy of RVs rambling back to wherever they came from, school has started and...
Mad about Science: Jellyfish
By Brenden BobbyReader Columnist Human beings are often regarded as the pinnacle of evolution when it comes to life on Earth. As a species, we are capable of modifying our environment at scales never...
Mad about Science: Armaments of the Roman Legions
By Brenden BobbyReader Columnist Rome was one of the most feared empires of the ancient world. To this day, it is still held up as the premier example of conquest and control by showcasing...
Mad about Science: Digital Addiction Part III
By Brenden BobbyReader Columnist In the final installment of the “digital addiction” series, we will be looking at methods to combat social media and video game addiction, and the benefits to reducing screen time...
