by David Brooks | Mar 29, 2016 | None, Science-Technology
As New Hampshire contemplates its energy future, maybe we should include a bit of energy past that has never quite succeeded. That’s the idea behind an intriguing proposal from Dean Kamen’s research firm, DEKA. It wants to power a state-owned building with a Stirling...
by David Brooks | Feb 9, 2016 | Politics-Election, Voters-Activism
Want another reason to be excited about today’s primary, beyond the whole helping-choose-the-leader-of-the-free-world thing? How about this: You can legally take a presidential ballot selfie for the first time! Last summer, U.S. District Court Judge Paul Barbadoro...
by David Brooks | Dec 29, 2015 | None, Science-Technology
Patience is a virtue – unless you’re a forester, in which case it’s a necessity. Especially when bringing a species back from the dead. “It’s such a fast-growing species,” said Will Guinn, regional forester for the state Division of Forests and Lands, talking about...
by David Brooks | Dec 28, 2015 | Gov-State, None
For the first time since John Adams was president, more people live in New Hampshire than in Maine. But that doesn’t mean New Hampshire has shed its recent slow-growth history. It’s just that Maine has started to shrink. “The big thing is that more people are dying in...
by David Brooks | Nov 26, 2015 | Health, None
New Hampshire got the benefit this year of the ebb and flow of West Nile virus and EEE, two widespread mosquito-borne diseases, but that doesn’t mean either one is going away. Testing in 2015 found no people and just one animal – a raven – positive for West Nile...
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