Mad About Science: The science and importance of reading (part 1)
By Brenden Bobby
Reader Columnist
Stop for a moment and contemplate how incredible it is that you are reading. As far as we are aware, primates — and humans in …
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Mad About Science: Automata
By Brenden Bobby
Reader Columnist
Humans like to put labels onto things and organize them neatly into their own little boxes, from which they are never allowed to escape. However, …
Mad About Science: Furby
By Brenden Bobby
Reader Columnist
To truly appreciate the absurdity of Furby, you have to fall into a certain age range. My generation, in particular, happened to be the biggest …
Mad About Science: Cardboard science
By Brenden Bobby
Reader Columnist
Your Amazon box may have a big smile plastered across the front of it, but that does little to ease your frustrations when trying to …
Mad About Science: Garbage science
By Brenden Bobby
Reader Columnist
It’s not much of a secret that 21st century humans have a garbage problem. We generate huge amounts of waste — a problem that’s compounded …
Mad About Science: Mason jar experiments
By Brenden Bobby
Reader Columnist
This article is usually written to give you answers. Today, I’m not going to give you any answers. Instead, I’m going to give you experiments …
Mad About Science
By Brenden Bobby
Reader Columnist
Thanksgiving is a time when we can slow down from the hustle and bustle of daily life, plans, meetings and agendas to sit back and …
Mad About Science: Gauss rifle
By Brenden Bobby
Reader Columnist
Lifelong video game fans are no strangers to the gauss rifle. What many people may not realize is that these exist in the real world, …
Mad About Science: Siege weapons
By Brenden Bobby
Reader Columnist
Have you ever watched a movie about war in ancient times? Most of it is just armored guys running at each other and brutally hacking …
Mad About Science: Flocking birds
By Brenden Bobby
Reader Columnist
You will often see gaggles of Canada geese flying overhead during autumn, as they migrate from one place to another. These are the most present …
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