by David Brooks | Sep 16, 2020 | Blog, Newsletter
Whenever a drought hits, it occurs to me that the word “aquifer” fools a lot of people. Like, me. To me, the word sounds like “aqua full,” producing visions of underground lagoons into which we can drop a straw when necessary. Apparently I’m not alone in this...
by David Brooks | Sep 15, 2020 | Blog, Newsletter
Dartmouth News reports that Professor of Physics and Astronomy Kristina Lynch is on a NASA short-list for space environment missions with her plan to use shall “cube sats” to study the processes that contribute to auroras (northern and southern lights)....
by David Brooks | Sep 15, 2020 | Blog, Newsletter
The field known vaguely as clean tech is full of promising ideas for clean power production that haven’t panned out, such as tidal power, concentrating solar towers and gigawatt hamster wheels. (OK, I made up that last one.) From New Hampshire’s point of view, the...
by David Brooks | Sep 14, 2020 | Blog, Newsletter
I talked about New Hampshire’s COVID-19 response with NH PBS via at-home video. Bonus: You can see a bit of my home “office” (after frantic cleanup). and see that I remember how to wear a shirt with a...
by David Brooks | Sep 14, 2020 | Blog, Newsletter
A scary number showed up Sunday on my tracking of the state’s COVID-19 status: 34. It was scary because that was the two-week average of new cases and it was higher than the peak we saw during the mid-summer increase. We haven’t had an average that high since...
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