Sci/tech tidbits in and around New Hampshire
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.
Predicting the risk of opioid addiction & opioid overdose from algorithms
“Some day we’ll be able to do something like a functional brain scan – their brain lights up and you say, oh, we should never give this person opioids again – but not now.”
You know how I said that blockchain wasn’t good for anything in the real world? Well …
Those clever Vermonters go: “Hold my beer!”
If food is limited, beetles limit the number of offspring
Who knew that burying beetles were so parental?
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