by David Brooks | Apr 7, 2026 | Blog, Newsletter
Firefighters in Merrimack spent Monday pouring 60,000 gallons of water on the car involved in last Wednesday’s fiery accident at the Bedford tolls, demonstrating the biggest downside of electric vehicles: After a crash their batteries can re-ignite without much...
by David Brooks | Apr 6, 2026 | Blog, Newsletter
Lobstermen are more like farmers than hunter/gatherers, in the sense that they return regularly to the same patch of the world to harvest a crop, while fishermen roam the high seas seeking prey. More or less. So it makes sense to use lobster traps to gather...
by David Brooks | Apr 6, 2026 | 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 in the week through April 4. Actively Actuatable Valves for Aerostat Buoyancy Control...
by David Brooks | Apr 3, 2026 | Blog, Newsletter
Stat, the medical publication started by the Boston Globe (although I think it’s independent now) has a depressing piece about why people flock to untested pseudo-cures: Because they haven’t been tested there aren’t any outliers or statistical...
by David Brooks | Apr 2, 2026 | Blog, Newsletter
It’s hard to remember after a winter that had snow on the ground for months and a recent stretch of damp weather, but all of New Hampshire is still in various states of drought and it’s time to start being a little cautious about outdoor fires. A look at...
by David Brooks | Apr 1, 2026 | Blog, Newsletter
From Vermont Public (full story here): Vermont’s natural gas utility is teaming up with two local affordable housing developers to experiment with using geothermal energy to heat a new neighborhood in Hinesburg (a small town south of Burlington) without fossil fuels....
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