Mad about Science: Ciphers and encryption
By Brenden Bobby
Reader Columnist
Information is the most valuable currency available to humankind. Gold and silver are great, but the information of how to steal someone else’s gold and …
By Brenden Bobby
Reader Columnist
Information is the most valuable currency available to humankind. Gold and silver are great, but the information of how to steal someone else’s gold and …
By Brenden Bobby
Reader Columnist
What is this mystical substance that squirts out of a can and foams up on your face, legs, pits or bits to make shaving a …
By Brenden Bobby
Reader Columnist
It’s no secret that I’m a bit of a food nut. Hunger and the avoidance of it is a driving force behind virtually every human …
By Brenden Bobby
Reader Columnist
We’re back to examine some wacky warfare tactics used successfully throughout human history. Last week we learned about siege Oreos and the U.S. Army, French …
By Brenden Bobby
Reader Columnist
Warfare encapsulates all of the worst tendencies of humankind into an age-old chain of tragic stories. Amid their chapters, subplots and characters, some of those …
By Breden Bobby
Reader Columnist
“In Africa, the saying goes ‘In the bush, an elephant can kill you, a leopard can kill you and a black mamba can kill you. …
By Brenden Bobby
Reader Columnist
The story of the Titanic is an infamous one. It has all the makings of a truly great story: wealth, opulence and hubris crushed by …
By Brenden Bobby
Reader Columnis
A total solar eclipse occurred April 8 over parts of Mexico, the eastern United States and eastern Canada. Some people gave away their life savings …
By Brenden Bobby
Reader Columnist
Strap yourself in, dear reader. The future is here.
The idea of 3D-printed food isn’t a particularly new one, but the means by which we …
By Brenden Bobby
Reader Columnist
Earlier this week, tragedy struck in Baltimore when the container ship the MV Dali collided with the supports of the Francis Scott Key Bridge, which …
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