Mad about Science: Mobile homes
By Brenden BobbyReader Columnist I am currently in the midst of a laborious demolition project on my property. My grandfather built the house in which I currently live while himself living out of a...
Tagged: engineering
Mad about Science: Family stem projects
By Brenden BobbyReader Staff We are taking a slightly different approach to this week’s column. Instead of learning about a single subject, we’re going to look at a number of projects geared toward family...
Mad about Science: Working trucks
By Brenden BobbyReader Columnist Living and working around here, we’ve seen our fair share of unique work trucks on the road. Logging rigs, cement trucks, garbage trucks — all of them perform specific and...
From the first piece of steel to the last
Local man Frank Wakeley recounts helping to build the World Trade Center towers By Ben OlsonReader Staff Frank Wakeley has a claim to fame that few — if any — can equal: the longtime...
Mad about Science: Underwater tunnels
By Brenden Bobby Reader Columnist We’ve explored the exciting world of boring machines a few times over the past few months, most recently talking about the impressive tunnel systems drilled through the Swiss Alps....
Mad about Science: Hidden engineering – nuclear reactors
By Brenden Bobby Reader Columnist There’s a lot of work that goes into designing and building a nuclear power plant. It’s a relatively clean source of energy, when compared to oil or coal, but...
U.S. Army Corps: Albeni Falls Dam gate design expected to be complete in July
By Zach Hagadone Reader Staff Representatives of the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers spoke before the Lakes Commission on Jan. 10, providing updates on a range of issues related to Lake Pend Oreille; but,...
Mad about Science: Boeing Starliner: Part II
By Brenden Bobby Reader Columnist We’ve returned to explore what happened to the Boeing Starliner and why it stranded two astronauts on the International Space Station. Last week, we learned about Starliner’s Test Flight...
Boeing starliner: part 1
By Brenden Bobby Reader Columnist The Internet Age, and the 24-hour news cycle that comes with it, has given us a peek into history and science in ways our predecessors could never even dream...
