Mad About Science: Muscles
By Brenden Bobby Reader Columnist This article is meant to do one thing, ja. Pump… You up! Muscles come in a huge variety of forms and have an amazing amount of intricacy and complexity...
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Mad About Science: Ultraviolet radiation
By Brenden Bobby Reader Columnist Typical Brenden: late to the party. Summer is practically over, and only now is he riding in on his science pony to warn us all of the dangers of...
Mad About Science: Optical illusions
By Brenden Bobby Reader Columnist If you were to equate the human body to a computer, our eyes would be a webcam while our brains are all of the stuff inside of the computer’s...
Mad About Science: Asteroids
By Brenden Bobby Reader Columnist Apocalyptic science-fiction scenarios are in the headlines again as a giant chunk of rock is expected to whizz by Earth in September. Some people, including everyone’s favorite electric car...
Mad About Science: Tardigrades
By Brenden Bobby Reader Columnist Weird science doesn’t always make headlines, but recently some really heavy news may have masqueraded as clickbait in your social media feed. An Israeli spacecraft that contained a digital...
Mad About Science: Mega marsupials
By Brenden Bobby Reader Columnist Australia, a.k.a. the Land Down Under, is home to some of the most nightmarish biology to skitter, squirm or swim on the planet Earth. Hey, at least it’s a...
Mad About Science: Mission to Europa
By Brenden Bobby Reader Columnist Elon Musk and Jeff Bezos hog the spotlight with their spacefaring adventures. It’s been a while since we’ve heard about all of the cool stuff NASA has been doing....
Mad About Science: Ice Ages
By Brenden Bobby Reader Columnist There is no other fossil on record we’ve observed so intimately as the woolly mammoth, making it unique as far as extinct animals go. The primary reason for our...
Mad About Science: Radioactive disasters
By Brenden Bobby Reader Columnist April 26, 1986, one of the worst human-caused disasters in history occurred. The reach of the Chernobyl disaster would be a benchmark for terrible things from then on, just...
Mad About Science: Personal Computers, part 1
By Brenden Bobby Reader Columnist Like it or not, personal computers, or PCs, are a vital part of our daily lives. They perform all sorts of tasks, from allowing us to overshare stupid memes...
