Sci/tech tidbits in and around New Hampshire
Another NH utility tiptoes into a little bit of support for electric vehicles
The $3,000 incentive to buy a new Leaf comes entirely from Nissan, even though it’s available only to Eversource customers.
If you can’t beat ’em, eat ’em
Harnessing human greed might be our only hope for stopping invasive species. (Mmmmmm – crab cakes!)
Why are New England’s hiking trails so beat-up?
If you’re going to go hiking in New Hampshire hills and what we call mountains, be ready for lots of rocks and roots.
Who needs CRISPR – UNH success shows plain old cross-breeding can modify plant genetics like crazy
Loy’s work has resulted in more than 70 new varieties of squash, pumpkins, gourds, and melons sold in seed catalogs throughout the world. Loy is responsible for 29 percent of UNH’s cumulative royalties earned since 1999.
The Dyn sign is gone – long live the Dyn sign (maybe?)
Company logos are a dime a dozen, until they’re 20 feet tall and sitting on a roof. Then they’re a local institution!
More dockless bike rental coming to NH
They call it “bike sharing” but if you have to pay money for it, that’s not really sharing, is it?
N.H. startup shares videos via blockchain – technically cool, but is it good for society?
When you’re a small startup trying to survive, it’s no fun to think about the internet’s biggest unsolved problem: the horrifying ways we humans misuse social media to spread lies and hatred.
‘First time in New Hampshire’ rate would compensate gas company for losses due to energy efficiency
“We need to design rates that encourage utilities, and encourage consumers, to do the things that are good for them to do.”
It’s not just us: Ticks and mosquitoes are spreading more disease everywhere
One of the most disheartening changes that New Hampshire has seen in recent years is the spread of Lyme disease, which makes it much less fun to throw off your cares and take a walk in the woods or fields. I never wear shorts outdoors any more; my default outdoor...
Weird: NH electricity is expensive but our power bills are only average. Or are they?
This is a very 21st-century journalism-in-action story: It concludes something, then readers pointed out a problem, so it says “wait” and concludes the opposite.
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