Sci/tech tidbits in and around New Hampshire
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...
Still waiting for the electric-car future to arrive
Monday was Earth Day and electric-vehicle fans were out in force. But the weekend weather delayed some pre-Monday events, including Drive Electric Keene. That showcase of EVs will now happen this Saturday, April 27. It's organized by the Monadnock Energy Hub; find...
Aviation Museum needs your help to build a real human-carrying airplane
LONDONDERRY — This fall, volunteers from the Aviation Museum of New Hampshire will guide Manchester students in building an actual flyable airplane. But for the project to really soar, they need your help. This weekend (Saturday, April 28 and Sunday, April 29) the...
Fresh kale on Mars? NASA like the idea
That proposal by Dartmouth students to grow kale in greenhouses on Mars that I mentioned last week impressed NASA, it seems: A team from Dartmouth’s Thayer School of Engineering that designed a greenhouse for Mars has been announced the winner of the 2019 NASA BIG...
N.H. population is growing fast, by the slow standards of N.H.
New Hampshire is growing either slowly or quickly, depending on how you look at it. But either way, it is people moving here, not people having babies, who are making the difference. New Census Bureau estimates say that the state grew by 6,700 people between July 2017...
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