by David Brooks | Oct 16, 2015 | Blog
There are umpty-gazillion* versions online of a panel from a 1965 comic book in which Batman slaps Robin (this post explains where it comes from), so I thought Granite Geek should have one, too. * in either long-scale or short-scale numerical naming...
by David Brooks | Oct 16, 2015 | Blog, Economy-Business, Environmental
One of the problems with journalism is that important stuff is often boring. A perfect example is the way New Hampshire is considering new rules for the state Site Evaluation Committee. It will have huge repercussions about the existence and location of electric...
by David Brooks | Oct 16, 2015 | Blog
NHPR’s weekly Something Wild segment looks at white-nose syndrome, which has devastated bats throughout the Northeast, including New Hampshire. (I haven’t seen a bat in my barn for more than five years.) You can listen to it here. As I’ve noted here...
by David Brooks | Oct 15, 2015 | Blog
A couple of years ago, Science Cafe New Hampshire tackled the subject of the damage that cats do to wildlife. They do a lot of damage – cats are awesome hunters – and the message was “cat owners, keep your cats indoors”. We didn’t go much...
by David Brooks | Oct 15, 2015 | Education
The new Veterinary Diagnostic Laboratory at the University of New Hampshire can analyze everything from a one-ton (NOTE: The weight of this hypothetical moose has been changed; see reader’s comment below) moose to microscopic pathogens, with animals from alpacas...