From Stanford University, a glimmer of hope for fighting Lyme disease - with the proviso that this has only been tested in mice and petri dishes, and many results don't translate from there to humans: A new Stanford Medicine study in lab dishes and mice provides...

A number of readers were highly unimpressed with my Covid kludge (or kluge) of carrying a bandana around and using it as hand protection for doorknobs, etc. Better than gloves, which get in the way of everything else, and always available unlike a paper towel. They...

The debate between capacitors and batteries for storing electricity is a long one - the former can charge more quickly, store more energy and generally have a longer lifespan than batteries, but they don't hold energy over time as well and, importantly, their voltage...

Tuesday was voting day for town and school district meetings. Communities with traditional system will be having meetings throughout the next week, and a couple do it in April and May. Here are a few tidbits of GraniteGeek interst: A non-binding push for carbon fees...

The six-state power grid has a queue of proposed generators. Getting the OK for feeding into the electrical system (and thus being paid for your output) is a necessary step if you want to get financing, among other things. UtilityDive points out in an article the...

Cloud seeding is one of those ideas that seems useful and obvious. Just sprinkle particles from a plane flying through storm clouds, and moisture will condense around the particles and fall onto the ground as rain or snow. Voila: Drought is ended or ski season is...

The Monitor has been getting contacted for months by married women who had trouble getting REAL ID licenses because their marriage certificates don’t reflect that they took their husband’s name. Since REAL IDs will be required to board an airplane as of...