by David Brooks | Jun 9, 2016 | Blog
From UNH News Service: New Hampshire residents who do not believe that human activities are changing the climate, and also those who identify as political independents or Tea Party supporters, were less likely to recall that the record-breaking month of December 2015,...
by David Brooks | Jun 9, 2016 | Blog
I mentioned a few posts ago the possibility of tweaking ticks so they don’t pass on Lyme disease. This is part of a process called “gene drive,” in which “scientists could alter the DNA of a few individual organisms and use gene drives to...
by David Brooks | Jun 9, 2016 | Blog
On Tuesday night I moderated Science Cafe Concord’s discussion about the science of beer, no cover charge in The Draft Sports Bar. About 40 people showed up. On Wednesday night Ian Underwood of Ask Dr. Math and I hosted a discussion called “What is this...
by David Brooks | Jun 7, 2016 | Blog
On NHPR today I managed to sneak in the plot of a science-fiction short story I tried to write in my 20s, when I thought I could be the Next Great American Novelist. The plot: Astronauts land on an asteroid and find the Platonic Solids – the actual perfect cube,...
by David Brooks | Jun 7, 2016 | Blog
UPDATE: Wired looks at a similar idea – genetically modified rats for the Galapagos Island – and ponders the whole idea of manipulating genetics to “restore” natural areas. Here’s the story. The NY Times has a story about an idea by an...
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