by David Brooks | Apr 29, 2019 | Blog, Newsletter
From UNH News Service: For the first time since the USDA began keeping statistics in 1840, farmers from several Northeast states, including New Hampshire, are reporting kiwifruit production operations. The news comes six years after the New Hampshire Agricultural...
by David Brooks | Apr 29, 2019 | Blog, Newsletter
After years of debate the possibility of legally growing hemp in New Hampshire is closer than ever, thanks partly to growing acceptance of its bad-boy sibling, marijuana, and partly to the exploding market for CBD, a product of hemp oil being marketed for a slew of...
by David Brooks | Apr 29, 2019 | Blog, Newsletter
Science Cafe NH in Nashua will take your questions about vaccines at the next session, on Wednesday, May 8, at 6 p.m. Free, of course. I’ll be interested to see how disputative it gets. Riverwalk Cafe isn’t all that huge, so I suggest you show up early to...
by David Brooks | Apr 29, 2019 | Blog, Newsletter
Next week – May 10 – the long-planned Ralph Baer Square and Bench Project will be unveiled in Manchester. As I’ve noted before, this celebration of native son Ralph Baer, who led the team that developed the first home video game, is a clever way for...
by David Brooks | Apr 25, 2019 | Blog, Newsletter
The geek-tinged sitcom The Big Bang Theory likes to include bits of real science, often featured on whiteboards in the background of a scene. A prime number theory equation by Dartmouth mathematics professor emeritus Carl Pomerance turned up on an episode broadcast...
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