Category: Mad About Science
By Brenden Bobby Reader Columnist Money is a touchy and complicated subject. The value of a dollar has always held different meanings for different people. Finance has evolved more quickly throughout history than perhaps...
By Brenden Bobby Reader Columnist Humans love a good brain teaser. How many posts have you scrolled through on Facebook where people are arguing whether or not 4+(2×1)=9 or not? Curiously, many of the...
By Brenden Bobby Reader Columnist When we picture a volcanic eruption, we envision a huge and awesome fiery explosion and huge columns of smoke spewing into the sky. In the case of Pompeii, many...
By Brenden Bobby Reader Columnist Sharp tools are one of the most important things human beings have ever developed. Where would humankind be were it not for the invention of the spear, the kitchen...
By Brenden Bobby Reader Staff As the last few leaves fall from our deciduous trees, the tamaracks shift into a brilliant gold and snow begins to blanket anything and everything, some people will migrate...
By Ben Olson Reader Staff In this age of uncertainty, when the news often changes by the hour, how is it that meteorologists accurately predict the future with their weather forecasts? Are they mode...
By Zach Hagadone Reader Staff Confucius, the foundational Chinese philosopher of the fifth and fourth centuries BCE, summed up the metaphysical power of archery with his widely repeated quote, “In archery we have something...
By Brenden Bobby Reader Columnist This week’s topic was suggested by Kim Woodruff of Sandpoint Parks and Recreation. Thank you! Some call the raccoon cute and cuddly. Others call it a nuisance. Personally, I...
By Brenden Bobby Reader Columnist Everyone knows the image of the executioner: a burly hooded man wielding a massive axe, like the shadow of death itself. As All Hallows’ Eve draws nigh, we will...
By Brenden Bobby Reader Columnist This week’s subject was requested by an anonymous reader. Thanks, mysterious reader! There is no love for the vampiric mosquito. Nothing sucks worse than heading out on your new...