by David Brooks | Jul 10, 2019 | Blog, Newsletter
From UNH News Service: As the summer months heat up, so will the asphalt and other materials used to make roads, and climate change is just making it worse. Researchers at the University of New Hampshire say because of this one of the best ways to extend the life...
by David Brooks | Jul 9, 2019 | Blog, Newsletter
Lots and lots of companies provided equipment that helped put Neil and Buzz on the moon 50 years ago, and I have profiled a local example: Sprague Electric’s plant in Concord made Apollo’s capacitors, small electricity-storing-and-discharging units that...
by David Brooks | Jul 9, 2019 | Blog, Newsletter
An analysis of Census Bureau data by N.H. Employment Security shows that, on average, women in New Hampshire are more educated than men but their full-time salaries are less, partly because of pay differences in the fields where many of them work (e.g., construction...
by David Brooks | Jul 9, 2019 | Blog, Newsletter
Baseball is boring and getting boring-er, and people aren’t watching it. Fortunately, I have the solution, which I first put forward two summers ago. To save you clicking through to the column, I’ll reprint it here: This column is for geeks, who like...
by David Brooks | Jul 9, 2019 | Blog, Newsletter
As the anniversary of the moon landing approaches, I promise not to bore you with stories of watching it on a black-and-white TV and dreaming about cool space stuff yet to come. Instead, I promise to excite you with a special Science Cafe in which you – yes, you! –...
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