by David Brooks | Jul 27, 2020 | Blog
(This column ran Monday with data from the previous week. Different data and different analysis can produce different conclusions, as I noted in this item in the paper Tuesday.) It’s a journalistic truism that, human nature being what it is, bad news sells papers....
by David Brooks | Jul 24, 2020 | Blog, Newsletter
I have a feeling that a large percentage of my readers like old-time silent films, especially comedies. There’s something about that pre-digital era that appeals to geek fans, as “steampunk” demonstrates. So let me make a pitch for my local indie...
by David Brooks | Jul 24, 2020 | Newsletter
By Targeted News Service The following patents were assigned in New Hampshire from July 19 to July 26. *** Hypertherm Assigned Patent for Asymmetric Consumables for Plasma Arc Torch Hypertherm, Hanover, New Hampshire, has been assigned a patent (No. Aug. 24, 2017,...
by David Brooks | Jul 22, 2020 | Blog, Newsletter
One of the measures of population growth is “doubling time” – the time it takes for a population to double in size. I’ve been tracking the total number of COVD-related deaths in New Hampshire (as compared to the average daily number, which is...
by David Brooks | Jul 21, 2020 | Blog, Newsletter
A long-running attempt to resurrect the American chestnut tree from the blight that virtually exterminated it – an attempt that can be seen in a Plymouth “germplasm conservation orchard” among other places – is now running on two tracks, one with traditional...
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