by David Brooks | Dec 3, 2015 | Blog
Quartz has a post about an attempt to mathematically determine how funny a word is. You can read it here, but be warned: The math is wrong, because it thinks the nonsense word “finglam” is funny. It’s not funny.
by David Brooks | Dec 3, 2015 | Blog
The Union-Leader has a good story today (read it here) about Manchester Water Works harvesting red pine trees in watershed land it owns because red pine scale is on the way and will probably kill the trees. Manchester Water Works plans to remove stands of red pine...
by David Brooks | Dec 2, 2015 | Blog
Northern Woodlands is an excellent quarterly magazine from the Center for Northern Woodlands Education in Vermont. It’s a terrific mix of touchy-feely outdoorsy stuff, science reporting on environmental, outdoors, wildlife and other issues, and information...
by David Brooks | Dec 2, 2015 | Blog
New Hampshire Liberty Forum, an annual gathering of Free Staters and like-minded folks, says the world’s most famous whistleblower, Edward Snowden, is going to be a keynote speaker at the February meeting in Manchester – which is very cool, regardless of...
by David Brooks | Dec 1, 2015 | Economy-Business, None
New England has more than enough capacity to meet electricity demands this winter, but the organization that oversees the regional grid continues to warn that the region needs more reliable supplies of natural gas to avoid future problems. ISO New England, which...
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