Disqus says Vermont online comments are the most “toxic” in the U.S., and New Hampshire the least toxic
In a conclusion that goes against every state-personality stereotype you can imagine, an analysis of comments posted via the Disqus software, which is used by many but far from all websites, claims that one out of every eight comments posted from Vermont is...Can cross-breeding, using a boost from genetic information, give New Hampshire its own quinoa?
I followed up this week on a press release that Granite Geek printed last week concerning UNH research seeking to develop a variant of quinoa which can grow in New Hampshire. Regardless of your opinion of hipsters’ favorite grain (quinoa is pretty good, if you...Car thief thwarted by manual transmission (cue laughter from old people)
The essence of local journalism is the cop story – a story about an arrest or crime in the area, often a rewrite of a press release or a story taken from the police log (although most police logs have been truncated to the point that this doesn’t work well...The eclipse will be cool, but not cool enough to be worth damaging your eyesight
New Hampshire is going to be pretty far away from Monday’s solar eclipse, but the event will still be fun to watch – unless you’re victimized by the slimeballs selling unsafe eclipse-watching glasses, that is. Yes, it’s sadly true: Not even this delightful...
Another saltwater-and-freshwater fish to worry about: The Atlantic sturgeon
NOAA Fisheries on Wednesday designated critical habitat for Atlantic sturgeon– as part of efforts to help the anadromous (spawns in fresh water, lives in salt water) fish. Much of the Piscataqua River on the NH-Maine border is on the list, as is most of the...
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Dave Brooks has written a science/tech column since 1991 - yes, that long - and has written this blog since 2006, keeping an eye on topics of geekish interest in and around New Hampshire, from software to sea level rise, population dynamics to printing (3-D, of course). He moderates monthly Science Cafe NH discussions, beer in hand, and discusses the geek world regularly on New Hampshire Public Radio.
Brooks earned a bachelor's degree in mathematics but got lost on the way to the Ivory Tower and ended up in a newsroom. He has reported for newspapers from Tennessee to New England. Rummage through his bag of awards you'll find oddities like three Best Blog prizes from the New Hampshire Press Association and a Writer of the Year award from the N.H. Farm and Forest Bureau, of all places. He joined the Concord Monitor in 2015.