Mad About Science: Early rocketry
By Brenden Bobby Reader Columnist The first time humans took flight in an artificial aircraft occurred 120 years ago. That may seem like ancient history; but, when you consider that our primary mode of...
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Mad About Science: Pollinators and plants
By Brenden Bobby Reader Columnist Blue skies interrupted by walls of thick gray clouds, the occasional downpour of rain and a sporadic coating of morning snow are all signs that spring has arrived. By...
Mad About Science: Aerogel and oobleck
By Zach Hagadone Reader Staff Human beings are generally unsettled when things don’t act quite like they’re supposed to. This, of course, is a prehistoric trait rooted in defense — our brains naturally seek...
Mad About Science: Baby chicks
By Brenden Bobby Reader Columnist It’s a bit of an annual tradition this time of year for me to write about baby chicks. If you’re tired of seeing me write about these adorable little...
Mad About Science: Bonsai
By Brenden Bobby Reader Columnist Have you ever looked at a bonsai tree and thought to yourself, “So what? It’s a tiny tree.” Exactly. Bonsai trees are tiny trees. They aren’t other plants masquerading...
Mad About Science: Cities: Skylines
By Brenden Bobby Reader Columnist Everyone is talking about “the Couplet” right now — you thought you could escape it in “Mad About Science,” but alas, it has invaded your favorite science blurb, as...
Mad About Science: Managing fire
By Brenden Bobby Reader Columnist Fire has been humankind’s greatest ally and adversary for at least 300,000 years. It’s easy to believe that dousing a runaway flame with water will extinguish it, but this...
Mad About Science: Northern flicker
By Brenden Bobby Reader Columnist Every year, around this time I hear a little tap, tap, tap at the window. First thing in the morning, it’s always a little bit disorienting — who is...
Mad About Science: Vinyl Chloride
By Brenden Bobby Reader Columnist In the wake of the Norfolk Southern train derailment in East Palestine, Ohio, on Feb. 3, a substance called vinyl chloride has been making headlines and appearing all over...
Mad About Science: Bubonic plague in America
By Brenden Bobby Reader Columnist It’s easy to look at our cars, homes and electronic devices, and think that we’re so much more advanced as a species than we were a hundred years ago....
