Our ranked-choice voting primary showed that some people *love* ranked-choice voting
We got 385 ballots mailed to the Monitor for our ranked-choice voting mock election – at least three times as many as I expected. Want to know more? Of course you do – so click right here and read!
Your snow fence? You probably did it wrong.
I rerun this article most Decembers. The early snow we got – two feet at my house – means I should run it again! I have a fairly long driveway next to an open field, and at least once every winter, snow drifts across it to the point where things get dicey...Science Cafe panelist (oh, yes, also a UNH scientist) wins big recognition
Serita Frey, professor of soil microbial ecology at the University of New Hampshire and a researcher with the New Hampshire Agricultural Experiment Station, has been named one of the most highly cited researchers in the world, a distinction earned by fewer than 0.1...
On battery storage, N.H. isn’t even in the race
Check out that map reflecting the state-by-state status of battery storage, made by Greentech Media. New Hampshire’s zero status puts us in the minority alongside such cutting-edge powerhouses as Mississippi and North Dakota. Pretty embarrassing for a state that...Here’s how to keep in touch
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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 WKXL radio in Concord.
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.