Sci/tech tidbits in and around New Hampshire
When is a tiny house not a tiny house? When it’s (maybe) an in-law apartment
I've written a lot lately about the state's housing crunch and the possibility that alternative buildings can help. (I think the most recent story - read it here - is the most interesting, because it tries to find causes for a housing shortfall when our population is...
Yes, it has been wet – Edgar Allen Poe edition
The National Weather Service says that Concord - the site of its official weather station - had “measurable precipitation” on 19 of April’s 30 days, the most on record. Previously, the biggest number of rainy days in the month of April was 17 – and that was clear back...
Mapping swampy, boggy places is easier if you just fly over them
From NH Fish and Game: The staff at the Great Bay National Estuarine Research Reserve in Greenland, NH, working in partnership with the National Oceanographic and Atmospheric Administration Office for Coastal Management are mapping the Great Bay in a new way. Experts...
N.H. values privacy – does that include our biometric information?
Thanks to technology, it is becoming possible to identify individuals through recordings of the way they walk, the pattern of blood vessels on the back of their eyes, even the way in which they strike a keyboard while typing, not to mention the vast trove of unique...
Possible geek laws for New Hampshire – an update
The New Hampshire legislative session is still chugging along. The hundreds of initial bills all face a multi-step process: Bills are heard by a House committee or a Senate committee which says yea or nay, then the yeas get voted on by the full House or Senate, and if...
Drug-resistant bugs, already targeted in N.H., really scare the U.N.
The evolution of resistance to antibiotics by various pathogens has worried the medical field for years. As I noted back in March, state health officials have been holding unusual symposiums that gather nurses, doctors, veterinarians, dentists, pharmacists and others...
Miraculous product faces reality: Extreme claims require extreme evidence
You have probably heard the expression “extreme claims require extreme evidence.” It’s a good rule of thumb for making your way through modern information overload, but it has the drawback of sometimes ruining a good story. Today’s ruined story starts with my...
Apples? Maple syrup? How old-fashioned. Try kiwiberries!
From UNH News Service: For the first time since the USDA began keeping statistics in 1840, farmers from several Northeast states, including New Hampshire, are reporting kiwifruit production operations. The news comes six years after the New Hampshire Agricultural...
As the wellness industry embraces CBD oil, hemp may finally become legal
After years of debate the possibility of legally growing hemp in New Hampshire is closer than ever, thanks partly to growing acceptance of its bad-boy sibling, marijuana, and partly to the exploding market for CBD, a product of hemp oil being marketed for a slew of...
Science Cafe in Nashua to talk about vaccines. Hoo boy!
Science Cafe NH in Nashua will take your questions about vaccines at the next session, on Wednesday, May 8, at 6 p.m. Free, of course. I'll be interested to see how disputative it gets. Riverwalk Cafe isn't all that huge, so I suggest you show up early to ensure a...
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