by David Brooks | Apr 26, 2017 | Blog, Newsletter
When I first started reporting, energy was a boring subject, dominated by ponderous utilities and stagnant technology – even the nuclear-power debate was largely settled (sorry, Clamshell Alliance). Then deregulation came along, and solar power, and climate...
by David Brooks | Apr 25, 2017 | Blog, Newsletter
In 1993, which is a zillion years ago in technology time, a group of planners and designers in the city of Keene won a national award for their ideas of what local infrastructure was needed to get ready for electric vehicles. A quarter century later, they’re...
by David Brooks | Apr 25, 2017 | Blog
The Dartmouth Toxic Metals Superfund Research Program will be hosting a public talk on “Arsenic in New Hampshire: Understanding Arsenic in Food, Water & Other Sources” this Wed, Apr 26 at 2 pm at the McAuliffe-Shepard Discovery Center in Concord. In...
by David Brooks | Apr 25, 2017 | Blog
Turns out, those variable-message digital signs along the highway have a high refresh rate – when I tried to take a picture of one for an upcoming story, it flickered like some weird alien message. Fortunately, I was wearing my tinfoil hat and was able to take a...
by David Brooks | Apr 24, 2017 | Blog
Concord’s community access channel, ConcordTV, films Science Cafe NH sessions in that city, so you can see what you’ve missed. They just posted an edited version of the most recent session, about composting, and here it is:...
by David Brooks | Apr 24, 2017 | Blog, Newsletter
From UNH News Service: University of New Hampshire researchers with the NH Agricultural Experiment Station have identified and described five new truffle species, including two that have been found only in New Hampshire.Although these “deer truffles” are not...
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