Mad About Science: High winds
By Ben Olson
Reader Staff
We have an inside joke in the Reader office. On Wednesdays, our deadline day to put out this weekly effort, a few hundred tasks all …
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Mad About Science: Ponderosa pine
By Brenden Bobby
Reader Columnist
Living in 7B, you can look in virtually any cardinal direction and spot a ponderosa pine. They are massive trees with thick trunks that can …
Mad About Science: The moon
By Brenden Bobby
Reader Staff
Planet Earth’s closest celestial neighbor has a lot in common with the big blue marble we call home. While it’s true that there isn’t any …
Community joins forces to feed kids while summer meal program is on hold
By Reader Staff
For local children, summer vacation is a time for swimming, biking and playing with friends. For the 40% of children in east Bonner County who depend on …
Mad About Science: Big brain, little paragraph
By Brenden Bobby
Reader Columnist
Once a week you open the Reader, get to this article and probably do one of two things: eagerly anticipate what new information you …
Mad About Science: Time
By Brenden Bobby
Reader Columnist
Time is a tricky topic. On the surface, we all know what time is: It’s a measurement of our day. So why do some days …
Get nerdy with it
By Lyndsie Kiebert-Carey
Reader Staff
The days of using “nerd” as a pejorative term are long gone. In Sandpoint, the nerds are here to stay, and they’re proud.
Nerds of …
Mad About Science: Virtual reality
By Brenden Bobby
Reader Columnist
You’ve probably heard techie 20-somethings talking about VR and AR and wondered to yourself: “What are they going on about?” Maybe you’ve got a VR …
Mad About Science: Crocodilians, redux
By Brenden Bobby
Reader Columnist
Particularly longtime readers of this article may remember the second-ever “Mad About Science,” written by a snot-nosed brat who ham-fisted his way across a keyboard …
Mad About Science: Poison dart frogs
By Brenden Bobby
Reader Columnist
Living around here sometimes presents incredible challenges. Moving snow, hauling wood, dealing with jerks on the highway who think the rules were only made for …
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