by David Brooks | Feb 5, 2016 | Blog
If you’ve ever wondered about Jeb Bush’s real name, Chris Christie’s height, how many kids Carly Fiorina has or whether Marco Rubio is Canadian (yes, Marco Rubio), then you have lots of company, according to Google Trends. This arm of the search giant crunches data...
by David Brooks | Feb 4, 2016 | Blog
If you float due east from New Hampshire’s coast, what country will you land in? Unless you’re a geography geek, you probably guessed too far north. The answer is Spain, as shown by this map from the site relativelyinteresting.com. The Gulf Stream keeps...
by David Brooks | Feb 4, 2016 | Blog
One-third of the electricity produced in America last year came from burning coal (including from three plants in New Hampshire). That’s a lot, and it should be reduced – but on the glass-half-full side of things, it’s the lowest percentage since...
by David Brooks | Feb 3, 2016 | Blog
I’m looking through proposals for wind and solar projects (and transmission lines) to provide “clean energy” to southern New England, seeing if any of them are near me. The proposals are redacted – a fancy legal term meaning “we hid stuff...
by David Brooks | Feb 3, 2016 | Blog
Numberphile, an excellent video podcast about mathematics, explains how the biggest prime number was found, and how you can participate in the citizen-science project known as GIMP to find the next one. Check it out here. Bonus: Matt Parker has a great Australia...
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