by David Brooks | Feb 21, 2018 | Blog, Newsletter
They take lobster seriously in Maine, even when it’s a Unicode standard rather than a seafood delicacy. As reported by the Portland Press-Herald (which knows a good Maine story when it sees one), some objected because the proposed lobster emoji had six legs and...
by David Brooks | Feb 20, 2018 | Blog, Newsletter
The stealth reopening of Tenney Mountain ski area in Plymouth on Saturday after almost a decade of neglect is the latest example of a surprising resurrection of dead Northeast snow-sports mountains, and in some ways the most unusual of them. “There have been a great...
by David Brooks | Feb 19, 2018 | Blog, Newsletter
From UNH News Service: Stem rust is one of the most feared agricultural diseases in the world, infecting wheat and other cereal crops. The fungal pathogen is capable of severe epidemics, thus presenting a threat to the global food supply. In New England, the disease...
by David Brooks | Feb 19, 2018 | Blog, Newsletter
This is my Monitor column, which ran Tuesday’s paper. It’s too late to attend Science Cafe, but maybe you’ll learn something! Last month Philips Exeter Academy unveiled a big, new building for sports activities, and also announced that much, but not...
by David Brooks | Feb 13, 2018 | Blog, Newsletter
Amid all the high-profile discussion of possible changes to New Hampshire election laws and processes, a trio of less mainstream proposals were shot down Tuesday. One of them would have used mathematics to draw legislative districts, and the other two would allow...
by David Brooks | Feb 13, 2018 | Blog, Newsletter
More efficient vehicles would pay a sliding fee to compensate for paying less gas tax under a bill going through the Legislature, which would start adding the penalty to vehicles getting as little as 21 mpg. The bill passed the House floor, 194-143, last Thursday and...