by David Brooks | Nov 1, 2024 | Newsletter
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by David Brooks | Oct 29, 2024 | Blog
It still seems weird to me that you can build some of those gigantic wind turbines and have them float in the ocean without getting blown over – but what do I know? The Biden administration on Tuesday completed its sixth offshore wind lease sale with the first...
by David Brooks | Oct 29, 2024 | Blog, Newsletter
The University of New Hampshire was awarded $24.3 million to build sensors for a high-priority alert system that will monitor the effects of space weather and the solar wind—caused by explosions on the sun—for potential interruptions to satellite communications,...
by David Brooks | Oct 28, 2024 | Blog, Newsletter
Eleven years ago an amusing little controversy arose around New Hampshire elections: Whether the novel act of posting “selfies” online (this was 2013, remember) could legally be applied to pictures of your completed ballot inside the voting booth. The issue went to...
by David Brooks | Oct 28, 2024 | Blog, Newsletter
UNH Today has an essay (here it is) telling what most Granite Geek readers already know, but it’s a good reminder: “The same thing that’s happening to hurricanes is happening to nor’easters – warmer ocean temps are pumping more heat and water into the storms, so...