by David Brooks | Sep 15, 2024 | Blog, Newsletter
I don’t think any of the winners of 2024 Ig Nobel awards had a New Hampshire connection, although I’m jet-lagged from vacation so may have missed a Dartmouth fellow or something like that. The ceremony, as I noted, returned to MIT from Harvard this year....
by David Brooks | Aug 28, 2024 | Blog, Newsletter
New Hampshire’s NH Lakes program puts people (volunteers? maybe they get a small stipend) on boat ramps at various lakes to try and keep people from accidentally hauling invasive species from one waterbody to the next. InDepthNH, an independent online news...
by David Brooks | Aug 28, 2024 | Blog, Newsletter
Today’s insight into the scientific method is brought to you via a nondescript ocean dweller with the unlyrical name of lumpfish. The lumpfish, as I learned from a UNH press release, was the subject of recent research by Dr. Elizabeth Fairchild, a professor in the...
by David Brooks | Aug 27, 2024 | Blog, Newsletter
The news that the town of Boscawen has chosen a new town flag – you can read it here – reminded me of a couple things. One is that city and town official flags have no legal backing, as I reported when Boscawen was debating the issue. They’re just...
by David Brooks | Aug 27, 2024 | Blog, Newsletter
(Links to each patent can be found here, using the patent number or inventor’s name.) By Targeted News Service WASHINGTON – The following federal patents were assigned in New Hampshire through Aug. 25 *** Push-Pull Multi Coax Connector Used for 5G Communication...
by David Brooks | Aug 26, 2024 | Blog, Newsletter
Peak demand for electricity in New England will shift from summer to winter by the mid-2030s, largely because rooftop solar power is less in winter, and by 2050 the continuing variability in weather means peak demand could vary by as much a 20 GW between mild and...