Maine might end an odd quirk: Obscene license plates
Geeks like clever vanity license plates – e.g., FEATURE on an original Volkswagen Beetle – and while you can’t exactly call FUCKU “clever”, many find it amusing that this plate and similar swearing-filled plates are allowed in Maine. Not,...Attempting some extreme climate adaptation for a tree species
I’m familiar with the idea of assisted migration for trees to help them survive climate change – generally, planting them further north because the populations can’t naturally migrate fast enough to avoid the altering climate. I’ve never heard...
Tackling an aquatic pest produces possible insight into where our brains came from
A little over 700 million years ago, our ancestors were presented with a choice: Do you want to be immortal or do you want to be able to see, smell and hear stuff? The simple creatures that eventually evolved into us wanted to enjoy sensory input rather than never...UNH records a deer traveling 180 miles in three weeks
A UNH researcher has discovered the longest travel distance ever recorded by an adult male white-tailed deer — 300 kilometers, or about 200 miles, in just three weeks. The study, led by assistant professor of wildlife ecology Remington Moll and published in the...How long is our coastline, really? And is there really a “really”?
With everybody flocking to the beach on this hot and humid day, it’s appopriate to revisit my 2016 I wrote a column looking at why some sources say New Hampshire’s ocean coastline is 18 miles long but some say it’s 13 miles and some say it’s 235 miles, and why...
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Science Cafe NHAbout Granite Geek
Dave Brooks has written a science/tech column since 1991 – yes, that long – and has written this blog since 2006, keeping an eye on topics of geekish interest in and around New Hampshire, from software to sea level rise, population dynamics to printing (3-D, of course). He moderates monthly Science Cafe NH discussions, beer in hand, and discusses the geek world regularly on WGIR-AM radio..
Brooks earned a bachelor’s degree in mathematics but got lost on the way to the Ivory Tower and ended up in a newsroom. He has reported for newspapers from Tennessee to New England. Rummage through his bag of awards you’ll find oddities like three Best Blog prizes from the New Hampshire Press Association and a Writer of the Year award from the N.H. Farm and Forest Bureau, of all places. He joined the Concord Monitor in 2015.