Mad About Science: Hummingbirds
By Brenden Bobby Reader Columnist Hummingbirds are unique creatures. They are capable of hovering, similar to many winged insects, and they feed from flowers similarly to bees. What you might not realize is that...
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Mad About Science: Flubber, gloop and slime
By Brenden Bobby Reader Columnist We’ve been conditioned to think that gooey, slimy, sticky things are gross, and it’s true! A slimy surface is usually indicative of a bacterial film growing, and this can...
Mad About Science: High winds
By Ben Olson Reader Staff We have an inside joke in the Reader office. On Wednesdays, our deadline day to put out this weekly effort, a few hundred tasks all come together before we...
Mad About Science: Ponderosa pine
By Brenden Bobby Reader Columnist Living in 7B, you can look in virtually any cardinal direction and spot a ponderosa pine. They are massive trees with thick trunks that can stand nearly 300 feet...
Mad About Science: More wild ocean facts
By Brenden Bobby Reader Columnist Akin to the tide rolling in, I’ve returned with more weird and wild facts about the ocean. We already know about lava vents hot enough to instantly scorch a...
Mad About Science: Wild ocean facts
By Brenden Bobby Reader Columnist If you suffer from thalassophobia — a fear of large bodies of water and what could lurk below — now is a great time to turn the page. Otherwise,...
Mad About Science: The moon
By Brenden Bobby Reader Staff Planet Earth’s closest celestial neighbor has a lot in common with the big blue marble we call home. While it’s true that there isn’t any liquid water on the...
Mad About Science: Big brain, little paragraph
By Brenden Bobby Reader Columnist Once a week you open the Reader, get to this article and probably do one of two things: eagerly anticipate what new information you might learn or turn the...
Mad About Science: Time
By Brenden Bobby Reader Columnist Time is a tricky topic. On the surface, we all know what time is: It’s a measurement of our day. So why do some days seem like they go...
Mad About Science: Virtual reality applications
By Brenden Bobby Reader Columnist We learned about the origins and function of virtual reality last week, but what about its applications? It’s a common belief that virtual reality is only for gamers and...
