by David Brooks | May 26, 2016 | Blog
Herring and/or alewife, which like salmon is an anadromous species (spawn in fresh water, live in salt water), are returning to the Merrimack River this year in numbers not seen since the early 1990s. Nobody knows why, just as we’re not sure why the numbers...
by David Brooks | May 25, 2016 | Blog
Go read the latest installment of Elodie Reed’s ongoing tale in the life of a pig, if only so you can smile at her photo of Pink 2.0’s muddy snout. Any excuse to see a picture of a pig’s snout is a good excuse. The series is titled “From Piglet...
by David Brooks | May 24, 2016 | Blog
Recently a colleague talked about going hiking in the White Mountains and absent-mindedly leaving his keys in his car at a pretty busy parking lot. When he came back down at the end of the day, the unlocked car was sitting there with the keys visible on the front...
by David Brooks | May 24, 2016 | Blog
Aubudon has a good story about “bird CSI” and how forensic necropsy work identified the cause of death for the first New Hampshire loon to succumb to avian malaria. (Read it here) It’s an interesting blow-by-blow account of how a pathologist figures...
by David Brooks | May 24, 2016 | Blog
Plug-in chargers scattered around the place to use for filling up on long trips are part of what’s needed to make electric cars go mainstream, but many people argue that the technology really needed is cheap, easy wireless charging for your home. Just park the...
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