by David Brooks | Oct 4, 2017 | Blog, Newsletter
Sometimes I think my job title should be Wet Blanket Reporter – the man who throws cold water on fun but unlikely tales. A case in point: Although a UNH astronomer phrases it more cautiously, it’s safe to say that a falling meteorite did not start a fire in the...
by David Brooks | Oct 4, 2017 | Blog, Newsletter
Science Cafe NH in Nashua moved to a new venue last night – Riverwalk Cafe downtown, a very nice space – to discuss the technology of prosthetics, or replacement limbs. My favorite story came from Matt Albuquerque, founder of Next Step Bionics &...
by David Brooks | Oct 4, 2017 | Blog, Newsletter
Back in 2011, there was a battle in New Hampshire between biologists and pet owners about whether to allow people to own monk parakeets, a.k.a. Quaker parrots. which have become an invasive pest up through the southern bits of Connecticut. They can damage certain...
by David Brooks | Oct 3, 2017 | Blog, Newsletter
When Dartmouth’s C. Robertson McClung heard that the Nobel Prize in physiology or medicine had been given for work done in his own research field – the genetic underpinnings of the daily life cycles known as circadian rhythms – he swears his reaction was not, as mine...
by David Brooks | Sep 27, 2017 | Blog, Newsletter
It might seem crazy that a private company says it wants to operate passenger train service in New Hampshire’s Merrimack River valley – an idea that has been fiercely debated for decades – by running on a different company’s tracks. It’s not crazy at all: Just look...
by David Brooks | Sep 27, 2017 | Blog, Newsletter
Form the Nature Conservancy: More than 300 teams and individuals have joined a two-month competition to use artificial intelligence and machine learning to help New England fishermen provide accurate catch information in a cost-effective manner on groundfishing...