Sci/tech tidbits in and around New Hampshire
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...
Video game pioneer to get his own park in Manchester
Next week - May 10 - the long-planned Ralph Baer Square and Bench Project will be unveiled in Manchester. As I've noted before, this celebration of native son Ralph Baer, who led the team that developed the first home video game, is a clever way for Manchester to...
Dartmouth mathematician gets the ‘Big Bang Theory’ treatment
The geek-tinged sitcom The Big Bang Theory likes to include bits of real science, often featured on whiteboards in the background of a scene. A prime number theory equation by Dartmouth mathematics professor emeritus Carl Pomerance turned up on an episode broadcast...
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