Mad about Science: The Voynich Manuscript
By Brenden BobbyReader Staff Pumpkin spice, cobwebs and pumpkins can mean only one thing: spooky season is upon us! To celebrate the season, we are going to look at one of the most elaborate...
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Starfleet Academy and Fallout: Anatomy of a review bombing
By Zach HagadoneReader Staff On the surface, Fallout and Star Trek: Starfleet Academy couldn’t be much more different. The former is a post-apocalyptic wasteland romp with hard-MA violence and more gallows humor than an...
‘Immerse yourself in nerd culture’
Sandemonium celebrates its 10th anniversary By Soncirey MitchellReader Staff Assemble your Pokémon, grab your phaser and brush up on your Rainbow Road maps, because Sandpoint’s own Sandemonium is back for its 10th anniversary with...
Closet cosplay
By Soncirey Mitchell Reader Staff There comes a time in every nerd’s life when they get the urge to shirk their responsibilities and step into the life of their favorite fictional character. Sometimes, it’s...
Free nerd
By Soncirey Mitchell Reader Staff It’s no secret that I’m a nerd. I’ve waxed poetic about The Lord of the Rings and Star Trek enough in these pages for the average reader to pick...
Spooky Halloween sounds that aren’t the theremin
Whether listening to a scary movie’s ominous background music or your favorite Halloween songs, there are some pretty creepy-sounding instruments out there. Everyone always thinks of the theremin around Halloween, but here are some...
On this day… in 2063
By Soncirey Mitchell Reader Staff When the clock strikes midnight on April 5, Earth will be 39 years away from humanity’s first official contact with an alien race — at least, according to Star...
What do Led Zeppelin, Leonard Nimoy and Joni Mitchell have in common?
By Soncirey Mitchell Reader Staff The experienced cinephile, or anyone who was a teenage girl in 2013, will be familiar with Howard Shore’s astounding soundtracks to The Lord of the Rings and The Hobbit...
Mad about Science: Cyberpunk
By Brenden Bobby Reader Columnist I know what you’re thinking: “Why is the science guy writing about science fiction?” I have an answer for that. Similar to the communicators of Star Trek, the blasters...
Hope, fear and a universe full of Luke Skywalkers
By Soncirey Mitchell Reader Staff This July, the House Oversight Committee’s national security subcommittee heard testimony from multiple military officials alleging the existence of alien life — and, confirming the long-held suspicions of many,...
