Mad About Science: Curious thought experiments
By Brenden Bobby
Reader Columnist
Humans love a good brain teaser. How many posts have you scrolled through on Facebook where people are arguing whether or not 4+(2×1)=9 or not? …
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Mad About Science
By Brenden Bobby
Reader Columnist
When we picture a volcanic eruption, we envision a huge and awesome fiery explosion and huge columns of smoke spewing into the sky. In the …
Mad About Science: Sharp Things
By Brenden Bobby
Reader Columnist
Sharp tools are one of the most important things human beings have ever developed. Where would humankind be were it not for the invention of …
Mad About Science: Rare flowers
By Brenden Bobby
Reader Staff
As the last few leaves fall from our deciduous trees, the tamaracks shift into a brilliant gold and snow begins to blanket anything and everything, …
Mad About Science
By Ben Olson
Reader Staff
In this age of uncertainty, when the news often changes by the hour, how is it that meteorologists accurately predict the future with their weather …
Mad About Science
By Zach Hagadone
Reader Staff
Confucius, the foundational Chinese philosopher of the fifth and fourth centuries BCE, summed up the metaphysical power of archery with his widely repeated quote, “In …
Mad About Science: Raccoons
By Brenden Bobby
Reader Columnist
This week’s topic was suggested by Kim Woodruff of Sandpoint Parks and Recreation. Thank you!
Some call the raccoon cute and cuddly. Others call it …
Mad About Science:
By Brenden Bobby
Reader Columnist
Everyone knows the image of the executioner: a burly hooded man wielding a massive axe, like the shadow of death itself. As All Hallows’ Eve …
Mad About Science: Mosquitoes
By Brenden Bobby
Reader Columnist
This week’s subject was requested by an anonymous reader. Thanks, mysterious reader!
There is no love for the vampiric mosquito. Nothing sucks worse than heading …
Mad About Science: Rocket propulsion
By Brenden Bobby
Reader Columnist
Rocket science is the gold standard for gauging the difficulty of a certain task. Trying to create a decorative frosting on a cake for the …
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