by David Brooks | Jun 7, 2017 | Blog, Newsletter
There’s a fight between Maine and Scandinavia over whether live lobsters can be imported there for food – the Europeans are worried that they will escape and become an invasive species. The latest report from the Portland Press-Herald (this is a big issue...
by David Brooks | Jun 6, 2017 | Blog, Newsletter
It’s not that I’m lazy, but there are days when I don’t make the 100-yard walk down my driveway to see what’s in the mailbox because – well, it’s 100 yards away. That’s like a dozen trips from the couch to the refrigerator. I don’t miss out, however, because the...
by David Brooks | Jun 3, 2017 | Blog, Newsletter
The documentary about the twin-prime discovery by Yitang “Tom” Zhang, made when he was a lecturer at UNH in Durham, has been released. (I mentioned that it was coming a few months ago). Here are a few details, and the trailer. I’m working on getting...
by David Brooks | May 31, 2017 | Blog, Newsletter
I brought my dulcet tones to New Hampshire Public Radio yesterday, as I do most Tuesdays, to talk about my weekly column in The Monitor. This week’s column is about a study by a Dartmouth researcher, among others, that looks at “extreme precipitation...
by David Brooks | May 30, 2017 | Blog, Newsletter
Interstate 93 through Concord is going to be expanded to three lane in each direction over the next decade or so, which means five very close-to-each-other interchanges will be reworked. Over the last three days, the Monitor has presented detailed options for three of...
by David Brooks | May 26, 2017 | Blog, Newsletter
You probably remember seeing the Archimedes Screw in a high school “simple machines” lesson – it has been used for millennia to raise water short distances as part of irrigation systems. New England Hydropower Co. of Beverly, Mass., has just opened a...