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 pasta saves the consumer...
Category: Mad About Science
Mad about Science: Pokémon
By Brenden Bobby Reader Columnist “This is it. This is the idea I’ve been waiting for.” — Hiroshi Yamauchi, former Nintendo president. I’m going to let you in on a little secret. I was...
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 around the globe. Electric...
Mad About Science: Idaho native bees
By Soncirey Mitchell Reader Staff When asked to name three characteristics of bees, most would say that they’re yellow and black, they live in a hive and they make honey. For the majority of...
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! No, you fool, it’s...
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 world of volcanism, right?...
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 and plot holes big...
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 on our maps. A...
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 a historical record of...
Mad About Science: Stainless steel
By Brenden Bobby Reader Columnist As you and your family gather around the table this Thanksgiving, stop and ponder for a moment the miracle that is your stainless steel cutlery. Unlike other steel implements,...
