Category: Brenden Bobby

Brenden Bobby / Education / History / Mad About Science

September 27, 2023

Mad about Science: Kalambo falls building site

By Brenden Bobby
Reader Columnist

Science: just when you think you’ve got everything figured out, new evidence comes to light that says: “You don’t know squat!”

This happened recently at …

Brenden Bobby / Health / History / Mad About Science

September 20, 2023

Mad About Science: Medical experimentation

By Brenden Bobby
Reader Columnist

This one’s pretty heavy, dear reader — if you don’t want to feel bummed out, skip this page.

Humanity’s history with medical experimentation dates to …

Brenden Bobby / History / Mad About Science

September 13, 2023

Mad About Science: Toothpaste

By Brenden Bobby
Reader Columnist

Science isn’t just about explosions, lasers and slinging billionaires into space. Sometimes, science is about keeping your mouth healthy and minty fresh.

Mint-flavored tooth care …

Brenden Bobby / Living Life / Mad About Science

August 30, 2023

Mad About Science: Everyday science

By Brenden Bobby
Reader Columnist

There are some things in our lives that may as well be magic. Wave a wand, say the magic word, plug it into an outlet …

Arts & Culture / Brenden Bobby / Featured / Mad About Science

July 26, 2023

Mad About Science: Eclipse

By Brenden Bobby
Reader Columnist

As baseball player Pete Rose once said: “It’s a round bat and a round ball, and you got to hit it square.”

An eclipse is …

Brenden Bobby / Mad About Science

July 19, 2023

Mad About Science

By Brenden Bobby
Reader Columnist

There are many ways to end up on an FBI watch list — and to satiate your curiosity, dear reader, I may have utilized one.…

Arts & Culture / Brenden Bobby / Mad About Science

July 13, 2023

Mad About Science: Lapidary arts

By Brenden Bobby
Reader Columnist

I first learned about the Mohs scale in elementary school — a simplified, tiered ranking of various minerals ranging in hardness, each one able to …

Arts & Culture / Brenden Bobby / Featured / Mad About Science

July 6, 2023

Mad About Science: Geodes

By Brenden Bobby
Reader Columnist

Did you know that there are some rocks and gemstones that only exist on Earth? As far as we are aware, there is nowhere else …

Arts & Culture / Brenden Bobby / Mad About Science

June 29, 2023

Mad About Science: Arrows

By Brenden Bobby
Reader Columnist

One major technological development shifted humans from being fragile and awkward middling gatherers into apex predators that would go on to dominate the food chain …