by David Brooks | May 3, 2023 | Blog, Newsletter
For a century, up until it crumbled 20 years ago, the Old Man of the Mountain could be viewed because it was held together by chains, spikes and geologists scrambling over the face of Cannon Mountain. Now it can be viewed again, but this time because of drones, old...
by David Brooks | May 3, 2023 | Blog, Newsletter
The arrival of spring means that your animals want to go outside, not just dogs and cats but the increasing number of backyard chickens that are tired of being literally cooped up. Yet there’s a reason to think twice: Highly pathogenic avian flu, which is not only...
by David Brooks | May 2, 2023 | Blog, Newsletter
American kestrel #42329 spent its winter around Masonboro Island on the southern coast of North Carolina, before starting its annual flight north on April 14. On its way toward New Hampshire, it was tracked in Delaware, Pennsylvania, New Jersey, Massachusetts,...
by David Brooks | May 2, 2023 | Blog, Newsletter
If you’re anything like my wife and me, you recently purchased at least one packet of seeds to plant in your flower box, garden or other controlled-vegetation spot. And if you’re anything like us, you didn’t think about where the seeds came from. Seeds just seem to...
by David Brooks | May 1, 2023 | Blog, Newsletter
I have written a couple times about Q Hydrogen, the Utah firm that bought a closed mill in Groveton and says they’re converting it to make hydrogen with a new technology. They’ve never been clear about what the technology involves, although patents show...
by David Brooks | May 1, 2023 | Blog, Newsletter
Spotted via Reddit, a paper about seeking COVID-19 virus in Vermont wildlife. (Paper is here ion the preprint server bioRxiv) 739 nasal or throat samples were collected from wildlife throughout the state during the 2021 and 2022 harvest season. Data was collected...