Sci/tech tidbits in and around New Hampshire
Lurking underground in Massachusetts: Giant viruses!!!
Viruses are so simple that you can argue whether or not they're alive - they're basically a packet of DNA that injects itself into other living things. But it turns out that this DNA is more interesting than I thought, judging from a new paper based on work at the...
Sorry, but your friend is wrong: There are no mountain lions in N.H.
There are certain topics that I know will draw strong reader reaction whenever I touch them. They include a few obvious candidates - climate change, vaccination, public water fluoridation - but there's one that might surprise you: Mountain lions. As I have written...
The Monitor stands alone as being EU-compliant, we think
A colleague just got back from a week in London and said Concordmonitor.com was the only New Hampshire newspaper website he could access online - the others were blocked as not being in compliance with the European Union's new privacy regulations GDPR (General Data...
On-demand audio – i.e., podcasting – is (probably) the future of radio at NHPR
There are some interesting things happening at New Hampshire Public Radio these days, but in a departure from tradition, they draw as much inspiration from the success of House of Cards as from the legacy of Edward R. Murrow. “The on-demand world is out there – look...
Do I sound different on commercial radio, compared to public radio?
I'm going to be having weekly conversations with Chris Ryan of WKXL, a talk-radio station that has its studio right on Main Street in Concord (It's inside Concord Photo Service, 29 N. Main St.), similar to conversations I had for several years with NHPR. They'll be...
Winter habitat management will help Blanding’s Turtles in spring
From NH Fish and Game: Late summer and early fall is the time when eggs laid by New Hampshire turtles in the spring begin to hatch and future generations emerge from their upland nest chambers. With luck and excellent camouflage, these tiny hatchlings will make it to...
The hit ‘Bear Brook’ prodcast from NHPR is scary – for genetic privacy reasons
There are many things to be learned from the wildly popular podcast “Bear Brook” from NHPR, which dissects a decades-long murder investigation in Allenstown, but from my point of view the major (and majorly depressing) takeaway is this: Big data and cheap DNA tests...
UNH Nuclear Radiation Detector one of 100 Top ‘innovative technologies’ of the year
Field-Deployable Imaging Neutron Detector (FIND) developed at the University of New Hampshire’s Space Science Center has been selected as one of the 100 most innovative technologies of the past year. Finalists for the R&D 100 Awards are selected by an panel of...
Why is Gulf of Maine warming so fast? It’s a bathtub
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...
A (tiny) NH connection for the guy trying to win the world chess championship
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...
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