by David Brooks | Apr 19, 2017 | Blog
My weekly appearance with NHPR host Peter Biello on Tuesday included his request that I imitate the noise of worms eating – as part of discussing the then-upcoming Science Cafe Concord on composting. In theory, that noise is somewhere in our discussion that you...
by David Brooks | Apr 17, 2017 | Blog
There’s something about composting that seems a little magic: Turn smelly garbage into lovely rich soil, without lifting a finger! Awesome. And if worms are involved, extra awesome – or so says at least one of three panelists at tonight’s Science Cafe Concord....
by David Brooks | Apr 13, 2017 | Newsletter
One of the most interesting and important things that has happened in the economy of New Hampshire, New England the U.S. (and much of the developed world) is that we no longer need to make more electricity in order to make more money. In pompous terms,...
by David Brooks | Apr 13, 2017 | Blog, Newsletter
Here is my Concord Monitor column this week – think I can take credit for a huge increase in VPN usage? Considering that my livelihood depends in part on draping myself with the mantle of geekiness, it’s a little embarrassing to admit that I don’t really...
by David Brooks | Apr 13, 2017 | Newsletter
There’s a Facebook page for the national March for Science, on April 22, Earth Day. (There’s a protest taking place in Concord that day – it has a Facebook page too.) On Wednesday, after seeing posts from researchers swapping esoteric slogans, I...