The Gulf of Maine, the huge body of water that borders New England stretches, roughly bordered by Cape Code on the south and Nova Scotia on the north, is warming up fast - faster than almost any other part of the world's oceans. Why? Geography of the land and...

Fabiano Caruana, who is tied with world chess champion Magnus Carlsen in an attempt to be the first U.S. resident since Bobby Fischer to be No. 1 in the world, has a very slight New Hampshire connection: He gave his name to an adjustable-height chess desk that was...

New Hampshire election officials' opposition to people being allowed to make "ballot selfies" - taking photos of their completed ballot and posting them online -  is rooted in a long-standing desire to keep our voting habits secret. Here's how I described it in 2016:...

As I have mentioned several times in this blog, I take daily measurements of precipitation at my house as part of the citizen-science group CoCoRaHS (Community Collaborative Rain Hail Snow network). Every October it gathers yearly data for all the observers (more than...

I’ll admit: They look like white birch trees to me, too.

Tuesday's election in Maine was the first time that ranked-choice voting has ever been used in a statewide election in the U.S., and right now it looks like it will be needed: As of Thursday morning (Nov. 8) the race in the 2nd Congressional District is too close to...

From UNH News Service: As cars become more automated, could commutes become productive office hours? That’s the question University of New Hampshire researcher Andrew Kun and colleagues from four other institutions will explore with a $2 million grant from the...

From N.H. Dept. of Agriculture: A particularly observant New Hampshire resident recently noticed a tick on a dog visiting New Hampshire from an area in New York where the Asian longhorned tick has been found in the environment. That tick and others were submitted for...