Sci/tech tidbits in and around New Hampshire
Alternative-voting ideas and math oversight of redistricting get shot down
Amid all the high-profile discussion of possible changes to New Hampshire election laws and processes, a trio of less mainstream proposals were shot down Tuesday. One of them would have used mathematics to draw legislative districts, and the other two would allow...
Sliding fee proposed for more-efficient vehicles, to replace gas tax
An electric car would pay an extra $111 and a Hummer would pay an extra $0 under the proposal – your vehicle would be somewhere in between.
Recycling waste is hard, but recycling food waste is harder
Composting isn’t that hard – what’s hard is collecting organic stuff from everybody to be composed.

Lots of dams were removed in New England in 2017
Only one was removed in New Hampshire, however.
Really big trees & really old trees aren’t necessarily the same
It’s the same for me: I’m not really big – I can still wear my college jeans! – but my joints, hairline and ability to stay aware after 9 p.m. say that I’m not really young, either.

Can algorithms predict opioid overdoses?
This software can be used by doctors deciding how to treat patients with pain.
I guess we can’t skip filtering stream water in the White Mountains
Last week Slate magazine ran an article saying that it was pretty safe to drink from streams in the back country, despite warnings that you can never be sure it doesn't contain nasty bug-churning bacteria from animal poop. That would be cool, because using filters or...
Northern Pass rejection might make distributed energy more attractive
The Site Evaluation Committee doesn’t have any say about your solar panels!
Classified job ad of the day: Timber Rattlesnake Assistant
I thought the PSU was Plymouth State University, but it's Penn State U., alas. Still, here is a great want ad: Rattlesnake Assistant. The main responsibilities of the position will be to assist in the capture and processing of timber rattlesnakes, the radio telemetry...

New Hampshire draws a blank on map of Nazi wannabes
Activists are grabbing information from a website called The Daily Stormer, favored by modern Nazi wannabes, and have developed a map showing where they live (roughly) in the country.