by David Brooks | Oct 25, 2017 | Blog, Newsletter
The explanations that acupuncture gives for itself – chi and all that – collapse into a puddle of silliness when examined closely, and yet acupuncture does seem to sometimes accomplish useful things, especially reducing pain. Whether something is...
by David Brooks | Oct 24, 2017 | Blog, Newsletter
New Hampshire doesn’t have any real caves, due to our geology, but we still have some hibernaculums – places where bats gather to over-winter. One is a mine in the North Country that has become well known to frustrated spelunkers. This fall, the New...
by David Brooks | Oct 24, 2017 | Blog, Newsletter
If you missed the October Science Cafe, about out understanding and treatment of cancer, you can watch it online right here thanks to Concord TV. The community access channel for Concord films* each episode and puts it on their YouTube channel, so you can scroll...
by David Brooks | Oct 24, 2017 | Blog, Newsletter
To follow up on the most fascinating direct-democracy push in the world: The UK government has rejected a petition to change the soccer-ball illustration on certain road signs, making it so they are no longer geometrically impossible, covered solely with hexagons...
by David Brooks | Oct 23, 2017 | Blog, Newsletter
There are disadvantages to being a newspaper reporter – like salary, hours, being a cheap target for any politician/businessman/official looking to deflect attention from their flaws, and the fact that the industry is, shall we say, struggling – but...
by David Brooks | Oct 19, 2017 | Blog, Newsletter
In New Hampshire lawmaking there is something called an LSR, for Legislative Service Request, which is basically a very first draft at a bill that lawmakers want to get passed. Hundreds of them land at this time of year, jostling to get into line for hearings and all...
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