Granite Geek

A hike in the White Mountains might be your antidote to a life dominated by screens, buzzes and dings. But a cell phone can be lifesaving if you've lost…

During last week's oppressive heat, you may have found it particularly hard to cool down at night. Over the past several decades, our nights are getting,…

Many Granite Staters go fishing for that feeling of getting back to nature. Some of those hopeful for a catch succeed in part because those lakes and…

Solar panels have been generating electricity in New Hampshire for decades. But how many from decades ago are still in use today? Granite Geek David…

We say we're in the Granite State, but actually New Hampshire's rocky foundation is less than half granite. What are those other rocks? And how did they…

In the fight to prevent the spread of Lyme disease, you have a few options to keep that ticks away. You can wear long pants and tuck them into your boots.…

If you hike up Mount Kearsarge you are likely to see several names carved into the granite. One carving is a square with seven names and the initials USCS…

The first law of thermodynamics says that energy cannot be created or destroyed, but it can change from one form to another. One of those forms is heat.…

This is All Things Considered on NHPR. I'm Peter Biello. Photos are easy to fake given how common programs like Photoshop are now. New technology is…

When it comes to trees, New Hampshire is rich and with such abundance you might imagine that the logging and milling industries in the state are…