Mad About Science: The Lighthouse of Alexandria
By Brenden Bobby Reader Columnist We live in a time of architectural wonder — so much wonder that even the most triumphant structures ever built by human hands just seem a little bland. It’s...
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Mad About Science
By Brenden Bobby Reader Columnist310 You thought you could get rid of me that easily? Ha! I’m back. While I wish I could say my sudden and unexpected departure was something cool like a...
Mad About Science: Paint
By Ben Olson Reader Staff As the weather turns warmer, more of us are out there working on projects that might involve paint. Have you ever stopped and thought about what exactly paint is...
Mad About Science: Fencing
By Zach Hagadone Reader Staff The sword is one of our most basic — and important — technologies. It started when someone in the misty, forgotten past picked up a stick and thought it...
Mad About Science: The Titanic
By Lyndsie Kiebert Reader Staff People have long been fascinated by the RMS Titanic — a British passenger liner that hit an iceberg and sank into the Atlantic Ocean on its maiden voyage to...
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By Ben Olson Reader Staff We human beings have accomplished a lot in our short time on Earth. We’ve harnessed the forces of nature to work for us, achieved technological advances that blow other...
Mad About Science: Greenhouses
By Brenden Bobby Reader Columnist Living around here, you’ve likely seen or visited your fair share of greenhouses. Plant nurseries are quite popular for an area this small for two major reasons: people love...
Mad About Science
By Brenden Bobby Reader Columnist Earth is old — more than 4.5 billion years old. As far as we know, life has been clinging to Earth in its various forms for about 3.7 billion...
Mad About Science: Baby chicks
By Brenden Bobby Reader Columnist One springtime activity that’s in full swing is the rearing of baby chicks. We covered ducklings a few weeks ago, which present many of the same challenges, but chickens...
Mad About Science: Fusion
By Brenden Bobby Reader Columnist You know that guy (Brenden) who refers to nuclear fusion as an energy source at parties to try and sound smart (Brenden), but no one really knows what he’s...
