Mad About Science: Percy Lavon Julian
By Brenden Bobby
Reader Columnist
February is Black History Month and, to celebrate, I’ll be writing about some amazing Black scientists and inventors throughout the brief history of the United …
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Mad About Science: Fused deposition modeling
By Brenden Bobby
Reader Columnist
You may have seen the 3-D printers at the library. Ever wondered how they worked?
Last week, we learned about photopolymer resin and its applications …
Mad About Science: Photopolymer resin
By Brenden Bobby
Reader Columnist
Have you ever gone to the dentist to have a cavity filled and wondered what in the world they’re doing inside of your mouth? They …
Mad About Science: The James Webb space telescope
By Brenden Bobby
Reader Columnist
You might have noticed the name of this telescope in the news recently and thought to yourself, “I wonder why the science guy hasn’t written …
The science and importance of reading (Part 2)
By Brenden Bobby
Reader Columnist
Today’s article is a deeper dive into how your brain processes reading. Due to the nature of the complexity of neuroscience, much of this article …
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 …
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: 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 …
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