Category: Mad About Science

Brenden Bobby / Eats & Drinks / Featured / History / Mad About Science

January 27, 2024

Mad About Science: Pasta

By Brenden Bobby
Reader Columnist

Chances are that you’ve probably eaten pasta at some point in your life. Most people consume premade pasta from the grocery store. Dried and pre-packaged …

Brenden Bobby / Featured / History / Mad About Science

January 19, 2024

Mad about Science: Pokémon

By Brenden Bobby
Reader Columnist

“This is it. This is the idea I’ve been waiting for.”

— Hiroshi Yamauchi, former Nintendo president.

I’m going to let you in on a …

Brenden Bobby / Mad About Science

January 10, 2024

Mad about Science: Space in 2024

By Brenden Bobby
Reader Columnist

2024 is set to be a landmark year when it comes to scientific pursuits. Fusion energy is racing toward reality with multiple repeated ignitions from …

Conservation Corner / Education / Garden Corner / Mad About Science / Pets & Animals

January 4, 2024

Mad About Science: Idaho native bees

By Soncirey Mitchell
Reader Staff

When asked to name three characteristics of bees, most would say that they’re yellow and black, they live in a hive and they make honey. …

Brenden Bobby / Eats & Drinks / History / Mad About Science

December 27, 2023

Mad about Science: Donuts

By Brenden Bobby
Reader Columnist

There is an irreparable rift in our country. On either side of the aisle, voices are raised, fingers are pointed, insults are thrown. It’s doughnut! …

Brenden Bobby / Mad About Science / Travel

December 21, 2023

Mad about Science: Weird volcanism

By Brenden Bobby
Reader Columnist

We learned about funky volcano behavior last year while exploring fumaroles, mud pots and cryovolcanoes. Surely that was all the weirdness that exists in the …