Mad About Science: Madagascar Hissing Cockroach
By Brenden Bobby
Reader Columnist
If you’re flipping through the Reader over a bite to eat, I apologize in advance.
You’re probably about to lose your appetite.
7B is home …
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Mad About Science: Celiac’s Disease
By Brenden Bobby
Reader Columnist
Confession time, 7B. Recently, I got a surprising diagnosis after a very long time of chronic health issues. Any diagnosis that ends a sentence with …
Mad About Science: Uranium
By Brenden Bobby
Reader Columnist
If you’ve been following this article for a while, you know how I like to document dangerous things with explosive potential. If this is the …
Mad About Science: Medieval Horses
By Brenden Bobby
Reader Columnist
Horses have been a pretty central part of human civilization for thousands of years. They’ve pulled things for us, they’ve delivered things for us, they …
Mad About Science: Helium
By Brenden Bobby
Reader Columnist
Helium, everyone’s second favorite party favor. Because let’s face it, you’re there for the cake, and the clown doesn’t even make the top 15.
At …
Mad About Science: Fire
By Brenden Bobby
Reader Columnist
Can you believe I’ve never done an article on fire?
Surprisingly, fire and rust are similar chemical processes. They are both the product of oxidation, …
Mad About Science: Bioluminescence
By Brenden Bobby
Reader Columnist
In the age of smartphones and mass-produced LEDs, light isn’t really a big deal to us anymore. Our vehicles spout light in every direction at …
Mad About Science: Platypus
By Brenden Bobby
Reader Columnist
We, as humans, organize things neatly. We put labels on things, stick them in folders, put them in nice, tidy rows so we know where …
Mad About Science: Football
By Brenden Bobby
Reader Columnist
Thanksgiving is upon us! Let the tryptophan-induced coma commence!
Well, we would, if it were a thing.
The tryptophan (an amino acid) isn’t what’s putting …
Mad About Science: Hollywood’s Science Fails (pt. 2)
By Brenden Bobby
Reader Columnist
We’re back. I hope you’re ready to learn, or at least laugh at some sci-fail silliness.
Faster-than-light travel is a big offender in just about …
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