Mad About Science: Dyslexia
By Brenden Bobby
Reader Columnist
Have you ever experienced a moment in school where you drifted off into a daydream, just to be snapped back to reality by your teacher …
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Mad About Science: Arquebuses, blunderbusses and muskets
By Brenden Bobby
Reader Columnist
We’ve explored the history of firearms before, but several thousand years is hard to cover in a page. Today, we’re going to take a look …
Mad About Science: Muppets and puppets
By Brenden Bobby
Reader Columnist
“As children, we all live in a world of imagination, of fantasy, and for some of us that world of make-believe continues into adulthood.”
— …
Mad About Science: The Uncanny Valley
By Brenden Bobby
Reader Columnist
Let’s be honest. There are two kinds of people in this world: people who collect porcelain dolls, and the rest of us. Have you ever …
Mad About Science
By Brenden Bobby
Reader Columnist
Wood stoves are common in North Idaho. Throwing combustibles into a metal bin and setting them on fire for heat seems like a straightforward idea, …
Mad About Science: Dental cavities and how we fill them
By Brenden Bobby
Reader Columnist
Today’s subject is courtesy of Lyndsie Kiebert-Carey. Thanks, Lyndsie!
At some point in life, just about every one of us has suffered from a cavity …
Mad About Science: The science of 2022
By Brenden Bobby
Reader Columnist
It’s the final Thursday of 2022, which seems like a great time to take a look back at the science that happened this year. Due …
Mad About Science: Injection molding
By Brenden Bobby
Reader Columnist
Injection molding touches all of our lives, whether we realize it or not, yet it’s a process that not many people have ever been exposed …
Mad About Science: Cheese
By Brenden Bobby
Reader Columnist
Delicious curdled milk has been consumed by humans for at least 10,000 years. Some experts argue that cheese has hidden health benefits, though that probably …
Mad About Science: Smells, sugars and you
By Brenden Bobby
Reader Columnist
What do hydrocortisone steroids, dryer sheets and Febreze all have in common?
Corn cobs.
I’m sure you’ve wondered how aerosol air fresheners work. They’re advertised …
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