by David Brooks | Jun 9, 2021 | Blog, Newsletter
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...
by David Brooks | Jun 9, 2021 | Blog, Newsletter
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...
by David Brooks | Jun 8, 2021 | Blog, Newsletter
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...
by David Brooks | Jun 8, 2021 | Blog, Newsletter
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...
by David Brooks | Jun 7, 2021 | Blog, Newsletter
Archaeologists love trash pits and outhouse sites because what we discard, either physical or biological, tells a lot about life. The Valley News has a good story about a dig in a former “privy” (love that word) in Hanover that reminded us how much...
by David Brooks | Jun 4, 2021 | Blog, Newsletter
Science Café New Hampshire in Nashua and Concord and the SEE Science Center’s Science on Tap in Manchester are teaming up to celebrate 10 years of bringing people and panelists together for informal science conversations. On June 15th these two programs are...