by David Brooks | Aug 8, 2022 | Blog, Newsletter
Video of a test can be seen here. From UNH News Service: Researchers at the University of New Hampshire will receive a five-year grant totaling $2.8 million from the National Institutes of Health (NIH) to develop and test social assistive robots to aid in the care of...
by David Brooks | Aug 8, 2022 | Blog, Newsletter
Heidi Holman wants you to know that it’s not her fault all the lettuce you planted in the spring has disappeared. “I often get letters from people that are very upset about their garden because we’ve released so many rabbits,” said Holman, a wildlife biologist at New...
by David Brooks | Aug 8, 2022 | Blog, Newsletter
Is it just me or does it feel like we’re having more tornadoes in and around New Hampshire these days? I wouldn’t be surprised if we were. The climate emergency is making everything else worse so it’s only logical that it would increase the number of dangerous wind...
by David Brooks | Aug 8, 2022 | Blog, Newsletter
There is a certain sort of online for-sale ad, whether in the pages of the Monitor or placed on Craigslist or tucked into social media, that sounds kind of sad. “Piano – still sounds great! The kids are grown and it doesn’t get played anymore. Give it a good home,...
by David Brooks | Aug 8, 2022 | Blog, Newsletter
The last couple of years have seen such a parade of problems that it’s hard to be surprised by them any more. Even so, here’s a problem you probably haven’t thought of: New Hampshire is facing a shortage of bassoon players. A combination of factors made worse by COVID...
by David Brooks | Aug 8, 2022 | Blog, Newsletter
From Dartmouth Health: In 2018, a paper by David A. Siegel, MD, MPH, of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) made headlines in New Hampshire. The paper reported that the state of New Hampshire and the Northeast region of the U.S. have some of the...
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