by David Brooks | Jan 12, 2017 | Newsletter
I’ve been writing a weekly science-ish column in New Hampshire newspapers for a quarter century, but it’s quite possible that my column in today’s Monitor is the geekiest I’ve ever written: resezarch into why mathematicians love blackboards....
by David Brooks | Jan 12, 2017 | Blog, Newsletter
By Lori Wright, UNH News Service: Some bat populations in North America appear to have developed resistance to the deadly fungal disease known as white-nose syndrome. Researchers from the University of New Hampshire analyzed infection data and population trends of the...
by David Brooks | Jan 12, 2017 | Newsletter
The state legislature is looking at whether to undo New Hampshire’s ban on “ballot selfies” – photos taken of completed ballots in the polling place – after courts have overturned the law, but the attorney general’s office may still...
by David Brooks | Jan 12, 2017 | Newsletter
There’s something about patents that gets some people all excited, especially those of us who haven’t been issued one. So I thought it would be fun to poke around patent lists compiled for the Monitor by Targeted News Service to see which towns around...
by David Brooks | Jan 5, 2017 | Newsletter
A squirrel caused a short-circuit in a transformer and blew out power to most of Exeter on Jan. 4, reports the Union-Leader. This is no surprise to GraniteGeek readers, who may remember this story from December 2015, following a power outage in Concord caused by a...
by David Brooks | Jan 5, 2017 | Newsletter
For years I’ve wanted to write a story about telephone poles, that ubiquitous presence that is almost entirely overlooked unless we hit them with a car on black ice. I finally did – and the Monitor ran it on Christmas Day. Several people read it, I’m...