by David Brooks | Jan 13, 2017 | Blog
Speaking of bitcoin, as I did yesterday, there’s a bill before the New Hampshire legislature which would remove a designation put in place last year that classified selling bitcoin as a “money transfer,” a designation that carries requirements for...
by David Brooks | Jan 12, 2017 | Blog, Newsletter
The newest apparatus at Concord bar Area 23 draws less attention than the pool table or dartboards, but co-owner Kirk McNeil says the bitcoin machine he has tucked into a corner serves the same purpose: Attracting customers. “It’s a business move,” McNeil said of the...
by David Brooks | Jan 12, 2017 | Newsletter
I’ve been writing a weekly science-ish column in New Hampshire newspapers for a quarter century, but it’s quite possible that my column in today’s Monitor is the geekiest I’ve ever written: resezarch into why mathematicians love blackboards....
by David Brooks | Jan 12, 2017 | Blog, Newsletter
By Lori Wright, UNH News Service: Some bat populations in North America appear to have developed resistance to the deadly fungal disease known as white-nose syndrome. Researchers from the University of New Hampshire analyzed infection data and population trends of the...
by David Brooks | Jan 12, 2017 | Newsletter
The state legislature is looking at whether to undo New Hampshire’s ban on “ballot selfies” – photos taken of completed ballots in the polling place – after courts have overturned the law, but the attorney general’s office may still...