by David Brooks | Jan 23, 2017 | Blog
By Lori Wright, UNH News Service: Researchers with the NH Agricultural Experiment Station have found that the economically valuable eastern white pine thrives when the invasive glossy buckthorn shrub is actively managed in New Hampshire forests. The University of New...
by David Brooks | Jan 20, 2017 | Blog, Newsletter
Science Cafe Concord discussed electric cars on Tuesday – it was a full house, despite the snow – and I think the best part came from a 97-year-old audience members who recalled starting his dad’s Model T, which required hand-cranking the engine, and...
by David Brooks | Jan 18, 2017 | Blog
Another science cafe series is starting in Portsmouth, with discussions focused on environmental issues. Called Piscataqua Science Cafe, it’s hosted by Sam Evans-Brown on NH Public Radio. It has no connection to Science Cafe New Hampshire, except for the...
by David Brooks | Jan 18, 2017 | Blog
NOTE: This item was in last week’s Granite Geek newsletter, so the wise and noble subscribers among you have already seen it. The rest of you – subscribe here, why don’t you? (Yes, it’s free) I’ve been an editor on wikipedia for 13 years....
by David Brooks | Jan 16, 2017 | Blog
There are times when it seems to me that almost all news is rearranging deck chairs on the Titanic – and seeing this news is one of those times: Global sea ice is at the lowest level ever recorded. The scary part is the speed at which this...
by David Brooks | Jan 13, 2017 | Blog
Speaking of bitcoin, as I did yesterday, there’s a bill before the New Hampshire legislature which would remove a designation put in place last year that classified selling bitcoin as a “money transfer,” a designation that carries requirements for...
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