Mad About Science: Programming languages
By Brenden Bobby Reader Columnist I never intended to leave you hanging again, dear reader. Fortunately, Ben had my back and managed to crank out an awesome article on very short notice last week!...
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Everyday science questions answered
By Ben Olson Reader Staff Editor’s note: Brenden Bobby was unable to contribute a column this week, so Reader Publisher Ben Olson is filling in for him. It’s a beautiful thing to be curious....
Mad About Science: The science of golf
By Ben Olson Reader Staff Editor’s note: Brenden Bobby is out sick this week, so Publisher Ben Olson is donning the mad scientist jacket this week. Get well, Brenden. The physics involved with hitting...
Mad About Science: Banned books, part I
By Brenden Bobby Reader Columnist Banned Books week is my favorite library holiday. Proclaiming such a thing always elicits a unique response from everyone around me. Usually shock and confusion — why would I...
Mad About Science: Tomatoes
By Brenden Bobby Reader Columnist Think about your pantry for a moment. Does a banana, a potato or a tomato interest you? Have you ever thought about where that fruit or vegetable came from,...
Mad About Science: Microscopes
By Brenden Bobby Reader Columnist Think about a microscope for a moment. What does your mind’s eye illuminate? Are you imagining a doctor in a white lab coat leaning over a high-tech-looking tube surrounded...
Mad About Science: The Kardashev scale, Part II
By Brenden Bobby Reader Columnist Last week, we learned about what kinds of civilizations could exist in the vast expanse of space and what kind of technology humans would need in order to achieve...
Mad About Science: The Kardashev Scale, Part I
By Brenden Bobby Reader Columnist Human beings are a global species, harvesting energy to transport supplies around the planet. We’re the only species we’ve ever observed that exists at such a scale, so it’s...
Mad About Science: Extinction event
By Brenden Bobby Reader Columnist We’ve all learned about one major mass extinction event in school. The end of the dinosaurs, gone in a singular dramatic flash! That’s not exactly true. While dinosaur extinction...
Mad About Science: 7B before people
By Brenden Bobby Reader Columnist I first learned about the Great Missoula Floods when I was in elementary school in the ’90s. I listened in wide-eyed wonder to my teacher describing the events of...
