by David Brooks | Jan 31, 2016 | None, Science-Technology
Recent patents issued to New Hampshire companies and individuals include: Multinational Resources, Newfields, N.H., has been assigned a patent (9,240,291) developed by two co-inventors for a rugged keypad. The co-inventors are Christopher Wolfe, Derry, N.H., and Steve...
by David Brooks | Jan 29, 2016 | Blog
Today I am writing stories about the Zika virus and tainted city drinking water, so a variant of the chorus from the cheezy song “Everglades” is stuck in my head: “If the skeeters don’t get him then the lead-pipes will.” (No, I...
by David Brooks | Jan 28, 2016 | Blog
Today is the 30th anniversary of the Challenger shuttle explosion, which was a sad and painful moment for Americans, for space fans, and for Christa McAuliffe’s home town of Concord. The Concord Monitor has a package of stories about that day and what has...
by David Brooks | Jan 27, 2016 | Blog
The most surprising, to me, part of my story today about a law proposing GMO labeling was the final bit: The most unusual argument in favor of the bill came from Rabbi Robin Nafshi of Temple Beth Jacob in Concord, who discussed concern that eating genetically modified...
by David Brooks | Jan 27, 2016 | Blog
Chess : checkers :: Go : chess That statement (“chess is to checkers as Go is to chess”) is a succinct, if arrogant, expression of the belief held by many that the east Asian board game of Go is far deeper than the western board game of chess. (I’m...
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