Mad About Science: Dyslexia
By Brenden Bobby Reader Columnist Have you ever experienced a moment in school where you drifted off into a daydream, just to be snapped back to reality by your teacher asking you a question?...
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Mad About Science: Arquebuses, blunderbusses and muskets
By Brenden Bobby Reader Columnist We’ve explored the history of firearms before, but several thousand years is hard to cover in a page. Today, we’re going to take a look at some of the...
Mad About Science: Muppets and puppets
By Brenden Bobby Reader Columnist “As children, we all live in a world of imagination, of fantasy, and for some of us that world of make-believe continues into adulthood.” — Jim Henson Puppetry is...
Mad About Science: The Uncanny Valley
By Brenden Bobby Reader Columnist Let’s be honest. There are two kinds of people in this world: people who collect porcelain dolls, and the rest of us. Have you ever wondered what it is...
Mad About Science
By Brenden Bobby Reader Columnist Wood stoves are common in North Idaho. Throwing combustibles into a metal bin and setting them on fire for heat seems like a straightforward idea, but there’s a surprising...
Mad About Science: Dental cavities and how we fill them
By Brenden Bobby Reader Columnist Today’s subject is courtesy of Lyndsie Kiebert-Carey. Thanks, Lyndsie! At some point in life, just about every one of us has suffered from a cavity in our teeth. Some...
Mad About Science: The science of 2022
By Brenden Bobby Reader Columnist It’s the final Thursday of 2022, which seems like a great time to take a look back at the science that happened this year. Due to the cutting-edge nature...
Mad About Science: Injection molding
By Brenden Bobby Reader Columnist Injection molding touches all of our lives, whether we realize it or not, yet it’s a process that not many people have ever been exposed to. Unless you’ve worked...
Mad About Science: Cheese
By Brenden Bobby Reader Columnist Delicious curdled milk has been consumed by humans for at least 10,000 years. Some experts argue that cheese has hidden health benefits, though that probably doesn’t apply once it’s...
Mad About Science: Smells, sugars and you
By Brenden Bobby Reader Columnist What do hydrocortisone steroids, dryer sheets and Febreze all have in common? Corn cobs. I’m sure you’ve wondered how aerosol air fresheners work. They’re advertised as trapping and eliminating...
