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...
By Brenden Bobby Reader Columnist When people talk about evolution, terms like “perfectly adapted” often arise. In truth, evolution is far from perfect but it has given us a lot of the tools we...
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...
By Brenden Bobby Reader Columnist You will be disappointed if you’re reading this and expecting me to list dragons or Valyrian steel swords. Sorry, folks. No White Walker invasions happened in medieval Europe, but...
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...
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....
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...
By Brenden Bobby Reader Columnist You were probably expecting something freedom- or barbecue- related, huh? If you’ve learned anything about this article by now, it’s that I am completely oblivious to overarching themes and...
By Brenden Bobby Reader Columnist You know, I’ve always thought Ben did a great job in naming this article. Mad About Science sounds a lot better than Brenden Writes Bad Book Reports. Full disclaimer...
By Brenden Bobby Reader Columnist The search is over — we found a ‘squatch in them there woods! Well, we would have, but we were about 1,000 centuries late to the party, but our...
