Maine might end an odd quirk: Obscene license plates
Geeks like clever vanity license plates – e.g., FEATURE on an original Volkswagen Beetle – and while you can’t exactly call FUCKU “clever”, many find it amusing that this plate and similar swearing-filled plates are allowed in Maine. Not,...Attempting some extreme climate adaptation for a tree species
I’m familiar with the idea of assisted migration for trees to help them survive climate change – generally, planting them further north because the populations can’t naturally migrate fast enough to avoid the altering climate. I’ve never heard...A bunch of people will be on the beach Thursday to watch a semi-blocked sun rise
People will be going to the beach early Thursday morning – very early Thursday morning – and not just to beat the heat. When the sun rises at 5:06 a.m. that day, it will be partly blocked by the moon, creating an annular eclipse. For the next hour, if the weather...
Tackling an aquatic pest produces possible insight into where our brains came from
A little over 700 million years ago, our ancestors were presented with a choice: Do you want to be immortal or do you want to be able to see, smell and hear stuff? The simple creatures that eventually evolved into us wanted to enjoy sensory input rather than never...
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Science Cafe NHAbout Granite Geek
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 WGIR-AM 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.