Category: Mad About Science

Brenden Bobby / Mad About Science / Pets & Animals / Random Digital Madness

June 15, 2024

Mad about Science: Swainson’s thrush

By Brenden Bobby
Reader Staff

June in Idaho means different things to different people; for some it’s a great time to drop the boat in the water, crack a cold …

Brenden Bobby / Featured / History / Mad About Science

June 11, 2024

Mad about Science: Ciphers and encryption

By Brenden Bobby
Reader Columnist

Information is the most valuable currency available to humankind. Gold and silver are great, but the information of how to steal someone else’s gold and …

Eats & Drinks / Featured / Health / History / Mad About Science / Pets & Animals / Random Digital Madness

June 3, 2024

Mad about Science: The radioactive ‘wild boar paradox’

By Zach Hagadone
Reader Staff

By now, pretty much everyone should be at least familiar with the disaster that befell the Chernobyl Nuclear Power Plant on April 26, 1986, when …

Brenden Bobby / Health / Living Life / Mad About Science

May 28, 2024

Mad about Science: Shaving cream

By Brenden Bobby
Reader Columnist

What is this mystical substance that squirts out of a can and foams up on your face, legs, pits or bits to make shaving a …

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

May 16, 2024

Mad About Science: Mad Honey

By Brenden Bobby
Reader Columnist

It’s no secret that I’m a bit of a food nut. Hunger and the avoidance of it is a driving force behind virtually every human …

Brenden Bobby / Featured / History / Mad About Science / Random Digital Madness

May 14, 2024

Mad about Science: Wild and successful military tactics, part II

By Brenden Bobby
Reader Columnist

We’re back to examine some wacky warfare tactics used successfully throughout human history. Last week we learned about siege Oreos and the U.S. Army, French …

Brenden Bobby / Featured / History / Mad About Science

May 6, 2024

Mad about Science: Wild and successful military tactics, part 1

By Brenden Bobby
Reader Columnist

Warfare encapsulates all of the worst tendencies of humankind into an age-old chain of tragic stories. Amid their chapters, subplots and characters, some of those …