by David Brooks | Sep 26, 2017 | Blog, Newsletter
Hunting seasons are upon us, and New Hampshire Fish and Game is reminding hunters (and other people going into the woods) that it’s a good idea to wear blaze orange, sometimes called Hunter Orange. Humans can spot this almost-neon color a mile away but it is not...
by David Brooks | Sep 26, 2017 | Newsletter
38 people coughed up $10 or more to see “Counting from Infinity,” the movie about UNH lecturer Tom Zhang’s twin-prime breakthrough, followed by a talk with me and Zhang’s colleague Edward Hinson, a UNH math professor, in Concord this week. If...
by David Brooks | Sep 25, 2017 | Blog, Newsletter
I don’t usually write about grants but this one seems pretty cool, especially on top of the regenerative-medicine project they’re developing in Manchester. New Hampshire is scrambling to be part of the bio-tech wave: From UNH New Services: The University...
by David Brooks | Sep 22, 2017 | Blog, Newsletter
The worst hurricane in New England history unleashed a devastating combination of wind and water 79 years ago, and with hurricanes ravaging the southeast U.S. and the Caribbean, it’s hard not to wonder what would happen if that storm returned today. Frank Magilligan...
by David Brooks | Sep 22, 2017 | Blog, Newsletter
Back in June I wrote a story about the 45th parallel, which runs through New Hampshire. The state has two (two!) historical markers noting that you are halfway between the equator and the North Pole at that point. Except you’re not really because of geometry,...
by David Brooks | Sep 21, 2017 | Blog, Newsletter
The sports-shoe company Nike tried to get somebody to break the two-hour barrier in running the marathon (26.2 miles). The effort fell just short, but as UNH reports, part of the preparation included wind tunnel tests in Durham at the UNH flow physics facility, which...
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