by David Brooks | Mar 30, 2017 | Blog, Newsletter
A company called Kraig Biocraft Laboratories in Michigan says it has cleared “a key hurdle to mass produce spider silk in Vietnam via a transgenic silkworm capable of spinning recombinant spider silk.” Cool, yes, but what’s the New Hampshire angle?...
by David Brooks | Mar 30, 2017 | Newsletter
Life is busy and you can’t always get to places you’d like to get to … such as the monthly Science Cafe New Hampshire events in Nashua and Concord. Happily for you, the Science Cafe Concord is filmed by ConcordTV, the city’s community channel....
by David Brooks | Mar 30, 2017 | Blog, Newsletter
“After three decades of trying to spread the joy of science through polysyllabic newspaper columns, I’m beginning to think that I should be flushing mercury down the toilet on YouTube, instead.” That’s the start of my Monitor column today (you can...
by David Brooks | Mar 24, 2017 | Blog
I have always regarded Earth Hour as a mildly clever but not important gesture. Started in Sydney in 2007, it is a global event in which all are urged to turn off their lights for an hour at a certain time (8:30pm on 25 March 2017) to create a visible statement about...
by David Brooks | Mar 23, 2017 | Newsletter
New Hampshire Public Radio’s Emily Corwin wondered if alteration in the seasons from climate change means she can plant her seeds early. An excellent question – click here to find the answer. Oh, all right, I’ll tell you: No, it doesn’t, but...
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