by David Brooks | Jul 8, 2016 | Blog
This is more business-y than geeky, but on the assumption that we all like to understand hidden complicated mechanisms that make everyday events occur (a working of definition of what makes a geek), may I suggest you read this article from Bloomberg about why regional...
by David Brooks | Jul 7, 2016 | Blog
More than one-third of sunscreens commonly purchased on Amazon don’t meet guidelines from the American Academy of Dermatology, researchers have found. (Here’s the paper) The most common failings was lack of water or sweat resistance, meaning they wash off more...
by David Brooks | Jul 6, 2016 | Blog
Want to hear me talk about this week’s GraniteGeek column with NHPR’s Peter Biello? Then this is the place to click. (Poor Peter had to stop and help me pronounce Hany Farid’s name correctly. Spelling I can do – pronunciation, not so much.)...
by David Brooks | Jul 6, 2016 | Blog
The photo above shows my wife, Shelley, collecting bat poop, one pellet at a time, with tweezers. She’s in a neighbor’s barn, and we’re collecting it as part of a UNH research project that analyzes poop from these insect eaters to spot invasive...
by David Brooks | Jul 6, 2016 | Blog
Daylight saving time – advancing clocks an hour during summer so evening daylight lasts an hour longer – is one of those geeky-ish ideas that has been adopted by society, to much consternation. Every year (twice a year, actually) there is debate in the...
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