David Brooks

5 days ago | granitegeek.concordmonitor.com | David Brooks

A team of UNH undergrads built an electric ultralight plane. UNH News reports "the team worked on the aircraft over the past year - about 5,000 to 6,000 man hours - to design and build the full-scale ultralight piloted electric aircraft. All the design and manufacturing took place in house at UNH's College of Engineering and Physical Science. The challenge was to keep the weight under 250 pounds to qualify as an ultralight.

1 week ago | granitegeek.concordmonitor.com | David Brooks

Over 30 years, the average coldest temperature reached during the year in Concord - a cloudless night in mid-winter, usually - has risen more than 7 degrees Fahrenheit, one of the fastest increases in the country, reports Axios Generate. ( full story here)The 30-year average coldest temperature for 1995-2024 compared to 1951-1980 was higher in 97% of the 243 locations analyzed by Climate Central, a research and communications group.

1 week ago | granitegeek.concordmonitor.com | David Brooks

A decade ago the idea that the state could invest in bitcoin would have been exciting. But years of watching cryptocurrency serve only to dodge taxes, launder money and delude small investors, providing no actual use that helps society, makes me realize it is at best a stunt and at worst a scam. So I'm not excited. Here's a Globe story about the bill Ayotte just signed that adds cryptocurrency to the list of things that the state treasurer is allowed to invest in.

1 week ago | granitegeek.concordmonitor.com | David Brooks

The SEE Science Center's twelfth season of Science on Tap discussions concludes on Tuesday, May 13. Science on Tap events are informal discussions with local scientists and experts on a particular topic. On Tuesday the topic will be: Something's Afoot Underfoot. Join us to take a closer look at soil microbes and the role they play in our world. Discover how climate and soil microbes relate. Discuss the connection between human health and soil health.

1 week ago | granitegeek.concordmonitor.com | David Brooks

When it comes to budgeting, you can't get much worse than bottled water. If your home is connected to "city water" then each sip you take from the plastic Flask-o-Fluid bought at WalMart costs between 1,000 and 10,000 times as much as a sip from your kitchen tap. (Per gallon, bottled water costs $1 to $10, city water about one-tenth of a cent.) Plus you pay the indirect cost of landfilling the bottle which, let's be realistic, will not get recycled.