Mad About Science: 21st Century Agriculture
By Brenden Bobby Reader Columnist North Idaho is just a little bit country. It’s not unusual to see someone trotting a horse through most of our towns as though it were a rented scooter...
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Mad About Science: Combine Harvesters
By Brenden Bobby Reader Columnist We live in a rural town, so most of us are used to seeing a big ol’ combine just crawling through a field. I’ve had a few friends that...
Mad About Science: Punching
By Brenden Bobby Reader Columnist Sometimes, you don’t want to learn about cutting-edge technology, prehistoric super-beasts or gross bugs. Sometimes, you just want to read about punching stuff. It’s a pretty straightforward concept. Curl...
Mad About Science: 3D Modeling, 3D Printing
By Brenden Bobby Reader Columnist Life imitates art, as they say. When it comes to 3D modeling, I’m pretty sure it’s life imitating art imitating life imitating art. Or something… In case you’ve been...
Mad About Science: Lobsters and Friends
By Brenden Bobby Reader Columnist Everyone’s favorite status dinner! Few things beat a succulent lobster tail drenched in enough butter to send you into cardiac arrest. What can be said about the lobster that...
Mad About Science: Geoduck
By Brenden Bobby Reader Columnist When you want weird, Brenden delivers weird. The geoduck (gooey-duck) isn’t even a duck, it’s a clam called a duck. That’s not even the weirdest part of its name....
Mad About Science: Artificial Intelligence II: The Future
By Brenden Bobby Reader Columnist You know me — we like to keep things pretty grounded in science. After all, this isn’t Mad About Science Fiction. However, science fiction is transforming before our eyes...
Mad About Science: Japanese Swords
By Brenden Bobby Reader Columnist Anyone that’s ever spent five minutes around anime or watched a Kurosawa masterpiece is familiar with the katana: that majestic curved samurai sword that knows no equal. It’s a...
Mad About Science: Horse Transportation
By Brenden Bobby Reader Columnist Horses are some of our oldest animal companions. The quadrupedal ungulates of many a young girl’s birthday party dreams are the reason humans were able to achieve vast farming...
Mad About Science: Yellowstone Caldera
By Brenden Bobby Reader Columnist Here in Mad About Science, we love giant explosions. On Earth, the explosions don’t get much bigger than the ones that created the Yellowstone Caldera, which you may not...
