Mad about Science: Perspective on dinosaurs
By Brenden BobbyReader Columnist We have a skewed view of dinosaurs. Much of what we envision when we look back to the ages of dinosaurs has been influenced by a singular media event: Jurassic...
Tagged: biology
Mad about Science: Humans
By Brenden BobbyReader Columnist Evolution is a complex and confusing subject. Trying to wrap our heads around how a species can drastically change over thousands of generations is mind-boggling, especially since we can’t see...
Mad about Science: Weird biology
By Brenden BobbyReader Columnist Time to warm up those thumbs, denizens of Bonner County! Today’s article will be a glance into Earth’s weird evolutionary past — and to get the full picture, you’re going...
Love enduring
By Soncirey MitchellReader Staff Everything in this universe grows and changes in conjunction with and response to something else, metaphorically and literally. Humans are products of their environment, and whether that means personal idiosyncrasies...
Mad about Science: Horses
By Brenden BobbyReader Columnist Dogs have earned the moniker of “man’s best friend,” but it may be more accurate to relabel them as “man’s oldest friend.” Dogs were domesticated around 14,500 years ago, becoming...
Mad about Science: Pandemics
By Brenden BobbyReader Columnist If you can read this, congratulations! You experienced a global pandemic that began in December 2019. Up until that point, the most recent pandemic the world had endured was the...
Mad about Science: Peanut butter
By Brenden BobbyReader Staff Peanut butter and jelly sandwiches are an American staple, but have you ever stopped to ask yourself why? What is it about solid nuts transformed into a non-Newtonian fluid that...
Mad about Science: Ozempic
By Brenden BobbyReader Columnist You’ve probably heard the catchy jingles for Ozempic, a miracle weight loss drug that has been touted by cultural titans like Oprah Winfrey. What is this stuff, where did it...
Mad about Science: Tetanus
By Brenden BobbyReader Staff This past weekend, I spent some time cleaning up the property when I suddenly felt a sharp pain on the bottom of my foot. After a few moments of creative...
Mad about Science: Health myths
By Brenden BobbyReader Columnist Human health is a complicated thing prone to massive amounts of misinformation. We’re learning something new about our bodies every day. Even established facts about our health can be altered...
