by David Brooks | Aug 25, 2016 | Blog
In my lifetime, several astonishing things have happened that I never would have predicted as a child: The collapse of communism, the end of public smoking in the US, the fall in global birth rates. Here’s another one: Among the prize-winning tomatoes and...
by David Brooks | Aug 25, 2016 | Blog
Today’s the centennial of the National Park Service, which is one of the great things that America has accomplished (we basically got the idea going and plenty of other countries, thankfully, have followed suit). The Monitor has an interesting localizer –...
by David Brooks | Aug 24, 2016 | Blog
Manure contains phosphorus, which can prompt algae blooms if too much gets into water supplies, so places such as dairy farms are anxious to separate out the phosphorus before spreading their farm waste as fertilizer. One way to do that is with a...
by David Brooks | Aug 23, 2016 | Blog
Science Cafe NH is returning in September after our summer hiatus. The topic in both Nashua (Wed., Sept. 7) and Concord (Tuesday, Sept. 20) will be “Coping with Climate Change.” What are people, businesses, organizations and governments in New Hampshire...
by David Brooks | Aug 22, 2016 | Blog
“There are markets and there are niche markets, and then there’s the market being pursued by Right Height, a New Hampshire firm developing an adjustable-height table aimed just at chess players.” That’s the start of a piece I wrote in the Monitor on...
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