Mad about Science: Dune
By Molly Madrid Reader Staff Everyone is familiar with the saying: “Fact is stranger than fiction.” Perhaps, instead, we should focus on how strange writers of fiction tend to be. Frank Herbert was an...
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Mad about Science: Foam
By Brenden Bobby Reader Staff Nothing beats a lazy morning laying on the bed, thumbing through your phone and enjoying the comfort of sinking into a foam mattress topper. Ever wondered how they make...
Mad about Science: Carbon neutral fuel
By Brenden Bobby Reader Columnist Matter can be neither created nor destroyed. So what happens when you pour $100 worth of fuel into your car’s tank, only for it to be empty in a...
Mad about Science: Convergent evolution
By Brenden Bobby Reader Staff Have you ever thought about the similarities between a cow and a triceratops? Certainly, there are huge differences between these two creatures that have been separated by a gulf...
Mad about Science: Rhinovirus
By Brenden Bobby Reader Columnist Two months into the school year and a biting chill falls upon the land. Overnight, everyone is coughing, hacking and oozing all manner of vile ichors — the tide...
Mad About Science: Candy
By Brenden Bobby Reader Columnist It’s All Hallows Eve and the Reader is stuffed to bursting. Spooky stories, Halloween parties and frightful electoral outrage bring ghoulish fright to every page. Ink flows, dripping like...
Mad about Science: Pumpkin spice
By Brenden Bobby Reader Staff Though Reader Editor Zach Hagadone has expressed an aversion to the phraseit’s that time of the year again, that’s what it is — including wood fires, cozy sweaters and...
Mad about Science: Archimedes’ screw
By Brenden Bobby Reader Columnist Moving water somewhere you want it to go is a pain in the butt. Projects involving moving large amounts of water generally use an electric pump, such as a...
Mad about Science: Medieval brewing
By Brenden Bobby Reader Columnist Anywhere you travel — from New York, U.S. to York, U.K. — you can expect a uniform taste from two of the same brands of alcoholic brew. Modern brewing...
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...
