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Musings and stories by the Concord Monitor's Granite Geek, reporter David Brooks.
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Oct 31, 2018
Oct 31, 2018
6 min
A Utah firm called Q Hydrogen Solutions wants to build the first of its proprietary hydrogen production systems. It says it can split H2O molecules taken from the Upper Ammonoosuc River and use the hydrogen to create cheap power.
Read the story: https://granitegeek.concordmonitor.com/2018/10/30/could-the-hydrogen-economy-be-born-in-an-abandoned-mill-north-of-the-notches/
Oct 25, 2018
Oct 25, 2018
5 min
UNH is doing research on aquaponics, the practice of growing fish and vegetables in a controlled greenhouse.
Learn more at https://www.concordmonitor.com/aquaculture-unh-hydroponics-research-nh-20961546
Oct 9, 2018
Oct 9, 2018
6 min
Granite Geek David Brooks discusses a new innovation in the old technology of dug wells. Learn more at GraniteGeek.org.
Oct 4, 2018
Oct 4, 2018
4 min
Science says that people who jump from team to team, depending on who is winning, are happier.
Learn more at: https://www.concordmonitor.com/red-sox-sports-fandom-granite-geek-nh-20407951
Oct 2, 2018
Oct 2, 2018
4 min
Granite Geek David Brooks discusses the electric car chargers at NHTI, a Concord community college. With VW money coming to the state, other car chargers could see upgrades.
Sep 18, 2018
Sep 18, 2018
5 min
What's with the high number of squirrels in Southern New Hampshire? Why so much roadkill? The Granite Geek explains.
Sep 12, 2018
Sep 12, 2018
7 min
Granite Geek David Brooks wades into a political debate on whether New Hampshire should subsidize biomass power, which provides heat and/or electricity through the burning of wood.
Sep 6, 2018
Sep 6, 2018
6 min
In West Lebanon, an affordable housing apartment building is being constructed as a net zero facility with solar panels. Granite Geek David Brooks of the Concord Monitor explains why it's unique.
Read the story online at concordmonitor.com.
Aug 29, 2018
Aug 29, 2018
7 min
The founder of the Ig Nobel Awards, Marc Abrahams, will answer your burning questions at the next Science Cafe on Tuesday, Sept. 4, at 6 p.m. at the Draft in Concord.
Aug 21, 2018
Aug 21, 2018
6 min
Despite the wettest August on record, New Hampshire is still abnormally dry. How does that even work? The Granite Geek explores an answer in this week's episode.