Sci/tech tidbits in and around New Hampshire
All those ‘stinkbugs’ aren’t necessarily stinkbugs & may not even (officially) be bugs
There are probably a lot of bugs invading your house right now that stink when you smash them. But that doesn’t mean they’re stinkbugs. They’re more likely to be western conifer seedbugs, or perhaps box elder bugs. And they might actually be a stinkbug – the damaging...
Maybe deer aren’t the forest-killers we thought they were
The explosion in white-tailed deer throughout the Northeast hasn't been good for forests because those voracious so-and-so's eat all the tree seedlings, altering the makeup of the woods (when they're not eating all your hostas). Or so I've always heard. New research...
Mass. ‘right-to-repair’ fight is very different than ours was
The right-to-repair movement, which says you should be allowed to tinker with things you've bought, hasn't had much success in New Hampshire, or just about anywhere else. Most recently in the Granite State a "digital electronic product repair" bill that would require...
UFO festival & silent film “Woman in the Moon” (by the guy who made “Metropolis”)
Here's a hardly edited PR release from an art house movie theater near me. If you've never been to the Wilton Town Hall Theatre, you've missed a treat; it is an awesome place. A sci-fi adventure sometimes called the first feature film to depict realistic space travel...
More in sorrow than in anger, I make a political statement
Tomorrow''s election day for the roughly two-thirds of N.H. voters who haven't cast a ballot yet, so I'm rerunning this item from a month ago. If you ever attended a Science Cafe New Hampshire session back in those glorious days when we could sit next to strangers in...
Coastal property owners are eyeing the ocean a little nervously these days
I'm a mountain-liking guy not a beach-liking guy so rising sea levels doesn't hit me with quite the gut punch as, say, the disappearance of winters. Not so for people who own property along New Hampshire lovely, if short, coastline, who are seeing more flooding not...
Ranked-choice is on (still) for Maine’s presidential race
The Maine state supreme court has tossed yet another legal effort to prevent ranked-choice voting from being used in November's presidential election, reports Bangor Daily News. The Maine GOP could still appeal to the U.S. Supreme Court.
N.H. patents through Oct. 4
By Targeted News Service The following federal patents were assigned in New Hampshire from Sept. 27 to Oct. 4. StanData Technology Assigned Patent for Power Adjustable Furniture Management Systems StanData Technology, Manchester, New Hampshire, has been assigned a...
Electric cars are nice but electric off-roading would be really nice
I am not a motorized outdoor vehicle person. I understand the appeal of zipping around on snowmobiles and ATVs and they are an important form of transportation in very rural areas. But for recreation? No thanks: they're so damn loud and they really smell. If you've...
It’s amazingly easy to get lost in our woods
New England's forests are not exactly the deep, dark jungle of adventure books and if you're an outdoors person it's easy to take them lightly. But a story about a lost horse shows that they can be surprisingly deadly. I recommend you read Ray Duckler's take on the...
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