by David Brooks | Dec 3, 2020 | Blog, Newsletter
olks in the tech world are familiar with what is called the “hype cycle,” in which a new technology is initially praised to the skies, then gets criticized mercilessly as a complete failure, and finally (sometimes) settles in for the long haul. I’m going through...
by David Brooks | Dec 3, 2020 | Blog, Newsletter
… the daring jumping spider, of course. So say elementary students in the town of Hollis and they’re absolutely correct. Jumping spiders – little arachnids that don’t spin webs but hunt down their prey like tiny, extra-legged wolves – are...
by David Brooks | Dec 2, 2020 | Blog, Newsletter
Many New Hampshire residents seem to have listened to public health officials and not visited family and friends over Thanksgiving break – or told their out-of-state relatives to stay home – judging from traffic the turnpike system, which declined sharply over...
by David Brooks | Dec 1, 2020 | Blog, Newsletter
There are a few thousand eastern wolves – a slightly smaller relative of the gray wolf – in Ontario and Quebec. DNA analysis of scat found in northern Maine near Canada shows that at least one of them has crossed the border, making it the first documented...
by David Brooks | Nov 29, 2020 | Blog, Newsletter
Last week my wife and I hiked up the back side of the Mt. Sunapee range – I’m waiting until there’s real snow in the Whites to drive that far – and were surprised to find a fancy cairn on the ridge, shown above. It was a couple miles south of...
by David Brooks | Nov 24, 2020 | Blog, Newsletter
The SEE Science Center’s adult discussion series, Science on Tap is continuing its season virtually on December 8 via Zoom. Join it to discuss how humans and machines can work together to enhance creativity. Discuss AI and machine learning with local experts....