A wasp-like critter from Russia's far east that lays eggs on the larvae of Emerald Ash Borer, producing its own larvae that eat the EAB, is proving a pretty good biocontrol in Michigan. A study from the US Forest Service (here) found: Life table analysis showed...

If you, dear reader, are annoyed that your sleep got messed up because you had to change clocks on Sunday, you can follow the greatest of New Hampshire traditions and blame Massachusetts. Daylight Saving Time was instituted in this country during World War I to save...

(Links to each patent can be found here, using the patent number or inventor’s name.) By Targeted News Service WASHINGTON – The following federal patents were assigned in New Hampshire through Nov. 5. *** System and Method for Powering a Device DEKA PRODUCTS LIMITED...

The Boston site for Axios news service has an article saying that Logan Airport has begun testing wastewater from incoming planes, looking for viruses. (Full story, although it's quite short, is here.) They'll look for "pathogens like the flu, RSV and COVID-19" just...

ISO-New England reports that for the first time since 1983, before air conditioning really took off in New England, the region saw its annual peak occur outside the three summer months: Consumer demand for electricity reached 24,016 MW on September 7, a reflection of...

Worried that the growth of telephone numbers means an iconic symbol of New Hampshire might be elbowed aside in a few years, Gov. Chris Sununu is telling the state to “investigate durable strategies … for lengthening the useful life of the 603 Area Code.” His executive...

Worried that the growth of telephone numbers means an iconic symbol of New Hampshire might be elbowed aside in a few years, Gov. Sununu is telling the state to “investigate durable strategies … for lengthening the useful life of the 603 Area Code.” His...

The number of students enrolled full time in the state’s public colleges and universities dropped 13.6 percent from 2019 to the 2022-2023 school year, according to a University of System of New Hampshire annual board report released last month. Nationally, enrollment...

The latest chapter in New Hampshire demographics reads like the other chapters over the past half-decade: More people are dying here than are being born, with the difference made up by people moving here from out of state. As often as not, “from out of state” means...