Sci/tech tidbits in and around New Hampshire
Why is calculus the pinnacle of high school math?
In school I hated statistics and enjoyed (mostly) calculus, but I’ve come to believe that the emphasis in our math instruction is misplaced.
Maybe the China shock that’s killing recycling will make us rethink all the crap we throw out
Science Cafe New Hampshire just celebrated its seventh anniversary - seven! holy cow - with its regular monthly conversations in Nashua and Concord. In Concord, where I moderate, the topic was "reinventing recycling" and the conversation was just terrific, ranging...
Watch the Dyn sign disappear via time lapse
Oracle made a nice time lapse of Manchester Millyard's rooftop Dyn sign being replaced by a sign for Oracle, which bought Dyne in 2016. The music may not be to everybody's taste - but then, what music is? You can watch it here.
Why are there two obelisks, really close to each other, marking the NH border with Canada?
The answer will amaze you! OK, it will amuse you.
NH limits studies on ‘non-wires alternatives’ to grid upgrades
Non-wires alternatives is a goofy term for an admirable idea: Improve the power grid without building more towers and substations and, yes, wires, by using less electricity, storing electricity, and generating electricity closer to customers. But how to do it, exactly?
If you want more bees, avoid the lawn mower every other week
“They’re not weeds, they’re biodiversity” does a pretty good job of shutting up the Neighborhood Naggers
Panic: The N.H. Almanac disappeared! Don’t panic: It’s back.
It can be alarming when websites get updated.
Signal free (on your bicycle) and (don’t, hopefully) die
Bicycles aren’t really geeky – unless they’re electric, autonomous, GPS-enabled and/or use a hydrogen fuel cell, of course – but there’s something so steampunky about those gears and chains that I think it’s reasonable for me to mention an intriguing change coming to state law.
How do you count cottontail rabbits when it’s hard to even find them?
The first time I wrote a story about population concerns for New England cottontail rabbits, an editor told me Quick, go out and find one and take a picture! …. sigh …
NH has embraced its UFO abduction, but in Mass. they’re more hesitant
Yes, I know that alien abductions don’t actually happen – but who can resist these stories?
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