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ENVIRONMENT

Saving New Hampshire’s rarest plants from extinction

One plant is so rare that it only exists in three locations on earth: two in New Hampshire, and one in Vermont. All three are within an 18 kilometer stretch of the Connecticut River.

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Education

University of New Hampshire to end ‘unsustainable’ English/journalism major

Journalism education will continue, and leaders expressed excitement about a more interdisciplinary future, though some faculty said the program is among many being “starved to death from the top.”
Tara Sullivan

Most important aspect of Dartmouth vote to unionize is it represents a pathway for more athletes to be heard

It does feel safe to say the landscape of collegiate athletics is as unstable as at any point in its long, storied history.
ENVIRONMENT

The great amphibian migration is underway in N.H. And it’s early

Warm conditions are signaling to amphibians its time to make their trek back to the wetlands and vernal pools where they themselves hatched. Cars pose a big danger along the way.

ENVIRONMENT
Wanted: Citizen scientists to monitor N.H. butterflies
Keeping track of butterfly populations around the state can help scientists understand long term trends related to biodiversity and habitat health

Globe Magazine
30 top plays, concerts, book and arts events around New England this spring
Globe critics and arts writers share their most anticipated picks for dance, theater, fine arts, classical music, and book events across the region.

TECHNOLOGY
Fake news? AI detected inadequate medical news more easily than people, UNH study shows
People showed an “optimism bias” when reading medical news and press releases about new treatments, while AI was more critical — and more closely aligned with expert evaluations.

HIGHER EDUCATION
Brown University to reinstate standardized test requirements
Also on Tuesday, Brown announced it would continue to offer Early Decision admission and would not change its current practices for applicants with family connections to Brown.

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James Pindell | ANALYSIS

Haley hopes to pull off a McCain-like upset in N.H. Here, by the numbers, is why it’s not happening.

Nearly 24 years ago, a town hall in Peterborough was the sign that then-Senator John McCain’s momentum was building.

David Shribman

Searching for the N.H. primary and coming up empty

Where were the candidates? Scarcer than an empty chairlift at Loon Mountain on a sunshine morning during President’s Day weekend. It’s enough to make someone actually miss Vivek Ramaswamy.

CARINE HAJJAR

Fanatics or just fans? Inside a New Hampshire Trump rally.

Part rock concert, part mega-church service, part UFC match, Donald Trump’s latest rally in New Hampshire vividly displayed the devotion of his supporters.

EDITORIAL

If you can, pick a GOP ballot in New Hampshire — and use it to stop Donald Trump

Independents can vote in the New Hampshire GOP primary. On Tuesday, they should help anti-Trump Republicans defeat the former president as he seeks the nomination again.

CARINE HAJJAR

Who’s a RINO? (Hint: Not Nikki Haley.)

Haley is getting hammered by Donald Trump for being a “Republican in name only.” But she may be the most conservative candidate in the race.

RENÉE GRAHAM

To distinguish herself from Trump, Haley needs to renounce racism instead of denying its existence

Too bad her political ambitions get in the way of speaking the truth.

SCOT LEHIGH

Haley calls out Trump’s ‘temper tantrums’ but will NH voters put him in time out?

Nikki Haley is essentially posing this question to Granite State voters: Aren’t you sick of the Trump circus?

IDEAS | DAVID SCHARFENBERG

Nikki Haley was right all along

Her careful, clever challenge may not succeed in the Republican primary, but it points the way to a post-Trump GOP.