Sci/tech tidbits in and around New Hampshire
Did you miss Science Cafe on composting? The Internet to the rescue, thanks to ConcordTV!
Concord's community access channel, ConcordTV, films Science Cafe NH sessions in that city, so you can see what you've missed. They just posted an edited version of the most recent session, about composting, and here it is: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yKuXq_8yMA8...
Two new truffle species found in New Hampshire (‘deer truffles’ not gourmet varieties)
From UNH News Service: University of New Hampshire researchers with the NH Agricultural Experiment Station have identified and described five new truffle species, including two that have been found only in New Hampshire.Although these “deer truffles” are not...
2, 4, 6, 8! Science makes America great!
I'm of two minds about the March for Science events happening Saturday. (Of the 500 or so events planned around the country I know of two in New Hampshire - in Concord at the Statehouse from 9 a.m. to 2 p.m., and in Portsmouth at Market Square from 1 to 3 p.m. The...
NH may deregulate bitcoin exchanges
UPDATE: This story was written Wednesday. The bill passed and will go to Gov. Sununu, who I image will sign it. Among the geekiest of potential new state laws – one that would exempt some types of bitcoin transactions from oversight by the state banking commission –...
Massachusetts preparing for big offshore wind farms (no, not Cape Wind)
Massachusetts' demand for non-fossil-fuel sources of electricity is driving proposals to bring Quebec electricity down through NH, and it's getting closer to producing the nation's first offshore wind farm of real size. (Block Island in Rhode Island waters is dinky.)...
If you know that NH has more than 40 bars, you know more than this study of millennials
You know the saying "garbage in, garbage out," of course, but just as relevant is "misleading information in, misleading conclusion out." I had fun in Sunday's Monitor with a perfect example of this: It was one of those endless "make a list of state rankings for...
Making worm noises on public radio (it’s all downhill from here)
My weekly appearance with NHPR host Peter Biello on Tuesday included his request that I imitate the noise of worms eating - as part of discussing the then-upcoming Science Cafe Concord on composting. In theory, that noise is somewhere in our discussion that you can...
Tuesday at Science Cafe Concord: Rotting garbage plus worms is awesome!
There’s something about composting that seems a little magic: Turn smelly garbage into lovely rich soil, without lifting a finger! Awesome. And if worms are involved, extra awesome – or so says at least one of three panelists at tonight’s Science Cafe Concord....
Reluctantly shifting myself to a virtual private network
Here is my Concord Monitor column this week - think I can take credit for a huge increase in VPN usage? Considering that my livelihood depends in part on draping myself with the mantle of geekiness, it’s a little embarrassing to admit that I don’t really like...
Lawns are lousy at recording climate change – mushrooms are much better
By UNH News Service: Since the Industrial Revolution, the amount of carbon dioxide in the atmosphere has rapidly increased. Researchers at the University of New Hampshire set out to determine how rising carbon dioxide concentrations and different climates may alter...
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