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 …
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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 …
Mad About Science: Ouija boards
By Brenden Bobby
Reader Columnist
Today’s spooky topic, in celebration of All Hallow’s Eve, was provided by Reader Publisher Ben Olson.
“I was just remembering the other day about the …
Mad About Science: Scary stuff
By Brenden Bobby
Reader Staff
I recently polled the staff at the Reader in anticipation of one of my favorite holidays: Halloween. I received some really great questions about the …
Mad About Science: Meatless meat
By Brenden Bobby
Reader Staff
Food plays a unique role in our lives: one part genetics, one part art, all parts necessity. Despite the multi-millionaire chefs on our TVs telling …
Mad About Science: Cool new 3-D prints
By Brenden Bobby
Reader Staff
Thought 3-D printing was a fad? While COVID-19 may have slowed down research in technology and manufacturing industries worldwide, it also helped illuminate the importance …
Mad About Science: Colonizing Mars, part 2
By Brenden Bobby
Reader Staff
It’s all led up to this. One small print for a man, one giant block of text for Bonner County!
In last week’s Mad About …
Mad About Science: Colonizing Mars, Part 1
By Brenden Bobby
Reader Columnist
Our subject today is too large to confine to a single page. Fortunately, the crew at the Reader tolerates my nonsense when I try to …
Mad About Science: The Svalbard Global Seed Vault
By Brenden Bobby
Reader Columnist
There exists a bunker buried deep in a mountain, on an island, halfway between Norway and the North Pole. This bunker is designed to survive …
Mad About Science
By Brenden Bobby
Reader Columnist
The ability to learn isn’t a human-specific trait. Every organic creature from the blue whale to bacteria have some capacity for learning — otherwise we …
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