by David Brooks | Nov 28, 2017 | Blog, Newsletter
It hasn’t been that many years since I first heard the phrase “citizen science” but nowadays it’s all over the place. You can do everything from counting frogs to deciphering handwriting on 18th-century ship’s logs to helping NASA find...
by David Brooks | Nov 27, 2017 | Blog
I’m a big fan of the local-food movement, although I realize that it’s far from perfect. Notably, eating lettuce grown in a heated New Hampshire greenhouse isn’t necessarily “better for the planet” than eating lettuce shipped in from...
by David Brooks | Nov 21, 2017 | Blog, Newsletter
Science is so successful partly because its results are always being questioned. All scientists know this, but that doesn’t make it any easier when your results are the ones being questioned. Consider a report issued earlier this month by the United States Geological...
by David Brooks | Nov 20, 2017 | Blog, Newsletter
The question of whether the fight against climate change is helped or hurt by burning wood rather than using other fuels is complicated. I noted in a recent column that I have become convinced that burning wood solely to produce electricity is not a good idea from a...
by David Brooks | Nov 20, 2017 | Blog, Newsletter
As Maine continues a legal struggle over the same issue, New Hampshire legislators will soon be discussing the possibility of reinventing the voting system with ranked-choice ballots. The proposal, House Bill 1540, would allow voters in a race with more than two...
by David Brooks | Nov 16, 2017 | Blog, Newsletter
A study just released by the U.S. Geological Society is casting doubt on the idea that toxins released by cyanobacteria blooms cause or contribute to neurological disorders such as ALS, or Lou Gehrig’s Disease – an idea that has been put forward in recent...
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