Science Cafe NH in Nashua is discussing drug development at its Tuesday, April 15 meeting: The journey from lab bench to the pharmacy shelf for new drugs is typically long (>10 years) and costly (hundreds of millions of $ or more). This discussion highlight some of...

Axios Boston has an article about Northeastern University and Champlain College in Vermont testing an "artificial intelligence" program from Anthropic, a California startup. It's called Claude for Education and there are lots of sweeping but not-very-concrete examples...

I am constantly encountering maps online showing falling birth rates in countries around the world with alot of hand-writing about the consequences. And while there are consequences from resulting changes in society in some places - I've written about New Hampshire's...

There's no limit to vaccine idiocy in Washington or Concord these days. New Hampshire Bulletin reports that the House has decided they, not doctors, should decide what childhood vaccines are necessary because of, you know, freedom. The bill would forbid the state’s...

I've often wonders what happens to all that white plastic used to wrap round bales of hay - which can weigh up to a ton - stored in fields for winter sileage. Vermont is trying to recycle it, which is easier said than done, as the Valley New reports in this story....

Timber tax is a pretty big deal in many New Hampshire towns, especially smaller ones in the rural areas. It's basically a sales tax on trees that have been harvested - cut and sold for timber - and while it's not a majority part of income for any place, it's not...

Compost is useful as fertilizer but it also generates heat, and heat can be useful. Therefore, compost can be doubly useful. That bit of reasoning has been in play at UNH’s Durham campus since 2013. At the university’s Organic Dairy Research Farm, compost manure...

I am no fan of the GOP agenda of the state's current legislature but that doesn't mean I disagree with everything they do. Consider HB387 passed by the New Hampshire House on March 20, makes releasing 20 or more balloons into the air a violation offense. First time...

Canary Media has a story about the uncertain status of hydropower from Quebec coming to New England. The whole story is here. "At a time of year when Canadian hydropower typically supplies up to a tenth of New England’s power, the region has instead gone almost...

We had an issue with patents earlier this month so we’re re-running all of March. You may have seen some of these previously (Links to each patent can be found here, using the patent number or inventor’s name.) By Targeted News Service WASHINGTON – The following...