by David Brooks | Nov 18, 2019 | Blog, Newsletter
(Addendum: Science Cafe NH in Concord for January will talk about alternative voting. We discussed it just a year but it looks like there’s still a ton of interest in the topic. Science Cafe takes December off.) My little ranked-choice-voting experiment with the...
by David Brooks | Nov 18, 2019 | Blog, Newsletter
For each major tree-killing species of invasive bug, around half a dozen foreign insects live quietly in our forests, causing few noticeable problems. A new study may help scientists pick out the future tree killers from the crowd, and it has a surprising conclusion:...
by David Brooks | Nov 13, 2019 | Blog, Newsletter
From this in the 1990s… … to this today. (Photo by Jennifer Dijkstra/UNH – 1990s photo by Larry Harris/UNH) From UNH News Service: The effects of climate change are becoming more apparent, from the rapidly warming Gulf of Maine, to more frequent and...
by David Brooks | Nov 12, 2019 | Blog, Newsletter
From UNH News Service: As the climate changes, Northeast winters are warming more rapidly than other times of the year. While this may mean favorable growing conditions start earlier in the year, some ecosystems, such as perennial grasslands, can take better advantage...
by David Brooks | Nov 12, 2019 | Blog, Newsletter
If there was ever an election where ranked-choice voting would be useful, the upcoming Democratic Presidential Primary is that election. A slew of candidates! No obvious front-runner! A range of policies and personalities to choose from! It’s a textbook example of a...
by David Brooks | Nov 11, 2019 | Blog, Newsletter
The citizen-science online program New Hampshire Stone Wall Mapper has generated a lot of interest since it launched in January. (Here’s my story about it back then.) More than 146,000 walls, some 11,200 miles worth, have been found via LIDAR maps of New...
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