Mad About Science: Photopolymer resin
By Brenden Bobby Reader Columnist Have you ever gone to the dentist to have a cavity filled and wondered what in the world they’re doing inside of your mouth? They squeeze a tube of...
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Mad About Science: The James Webb space telescope
By Brenden Bobby Reader Columnist You might have noticed the name of this telescope in the news recently and thought to yourself, “I wonder why the science guy hasn’t written anything about this in...
The science and importance of reading (Part 2)
By Brenden Bobby Reader Columnist Today’s article is a deeper dive into how your brain processes reading. Due to the nature of the complexity of neuroscience, much of this article will be condensed, and...
Mad About Science: The science and importance of reading (part 1)
By Brenden Bobby Reader Columnist Stop for a moment and contemplate how incredible it is that you are reading. As far as we are aware, primates — and humans in particular — are the...
Mad About Science: Automata
By Brenden Bobby Reader Columnist Humans like to put labels onto things and organize them neatly into their own little boxes, from which they are never allowed to escape. However, being the silly blood...
Mad About Science: Furby
By Brenden Bobby Reader Columnist To truly appreciate the absurdity of Furby, you have to fall into a certain age range. My generation, in particular, happened to be the biggest beneficiaries of the mysterious...
Mad About Science: Cardboard science
By Brenden Bobby Reader Columnist Your Amazon box may have a big smile plastered across the front of it, but that does little to ease your frustrations when trying to cram 50 of them...
Mad About Science: Garbage science
By Brenden Bobby Reader Columnist It’s not much of a secret that 21st century humans have a garbage problem. We generate huge amounts of waste — a problem that’s compounded by our pursuit of...
Mad About Science: Mason jar experiments
By Brenden Bobby Reader Columnist This article is usually written to give you answers. Today, I’m not going to give you any answers. Instead, I’m going to give you experiments and, if you really...
Mad About Science
By Brenden Bobby Reader Columnist Thanksgiving is a time when we can slow down from the hustle and bustle of daily life, plans, meetings and agendas to sit back and enjoy peace with our...
