by David Brooks | Jul 2, 2025 | Blog, Newsletter
There’s something a bit odd about the framed drawing that hangs on the wall of Revelstoke Coffee: It keeps changing itself. “We were brainstorming and I thought, what if it is art that makes art?” said Richard Stoyle, who built the computer-controlled device that has...
by David Brooks | Jul 1, 2025 | Blog, Newsletter
A few weeks ago a reader suggested I write about beech leaf disease, but I said it wasn’t that big a deal. Then I went for a walk in the woods and was astonished – but not in a good way. “Our beech has been dealing with bark disease for so long they’re already in...
by David Brooks | Jul 1, 2025 | Blog, Newsletter
(Links to each patent can be found here, using the patent number or inventor’s name.) By Targeted News Service WASHINGTON – The following federal patents were assigned in New Hampshire through June 29. Iron Nanoparticles and Methods of Production UNIVERSITY OF NEW...
by David Brooks | Jun 19, 2025 | Blog, Newsletter
An online news source with the clumsy name The Conversation has a long, well-reported piece on why ticks carry so many bad diseases. You can read it here. Contained in every bite of this infuriating, insatiable pest is also a trove of social, environmental and...
by David Brooks | Jun 18, 2025 | Blog, Newsletter
Not everybody is crazy about utilty-owned solar; they fear the utilities will favor their own setup and squash independents. Nonetheless, let’s celebrate a just-barely-under-the-state’s-silly-5MW-net-metering-limit array, via a Unitil press release: Unitil...
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