Sci/tech tidbits in and around New Hampshire
The unending fascination with New Hampshire’s first-in-nation UFO abductees
The saga of Betty and Barney Hill’s abduction by space aliens near Franconia in 1961 is still my favorite piece of New Hampshire history.
UNH says space radiation could be worse than we thought
And in *real* space news, UNH says it’s more dangerous than we thought out there.
You can’t build a house here, you’ve got the wrong kind of dirt!
Want to subdivide your parcel into 2-acre properties in a residential zone? You’d better have a high degree of “Gloucester sandy loam.” If your yard leans more toward “Woodbridge very stony loam,” you might be in a rural agricultural zone.
5.4 million words and counting …
This isn’t a theological commentary, but my career is 6.88 times wordier than the King James Bible.
A “report card” on sea-level rise
The Virginia Institute for Marine Science has launched a website with a series of "report cards" on sea level rise for 32 dozen U.S. coastal communities. It includes Boston and two Maine cities: Portland and Eastport (which is way up by Canada). Updated by the...
Regenerative medicine will be an NH strength only if it’s not a strength just for NH
It’s fun to bash Massholes, but this is an area where New Hampshire needs to partner with our bigger neighbor to the south.
Eagles are getting so common in NH they are rubbing elbows
New Hampshire hasn’t reached its carrying capacity for bald eagles yet, but that day may not be so far off.
Worsening weather that *isn’t* due to climate change: Solar radiation in space is growing
From UNH News Service: Astronauts traveling into deep space risk being bombarded by cosmic rays . As future missions look to travel back to the moon or even to Mars, new research from the University of New Hampshire’s Space Science Center cautions that the exposure to...
75 years of data shows two Town Meeting snowstorms in a row is unprecedented
“Unprecedented” is putting is mildly, actually. The snowstorms last year and this year were both about twice as big as any previous storm on the second Tuesday in March since records began.
New Hampshire polling places no longer warn you not to take ‘ballot selfies’
One of the most intriguing, if not vital, stories swirling around New Hampshire voting in the past four years has involved "ballot selfies", or photos of your own completed ballot that are posted online. In 2014 the state made them illegal, a modern reflection of...
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