by David Brooks | Apr 20, 2017 | Blog, Newsletter
Massachusetts’ demand for non-fossil-fuel sources of electricity is driving proposals to bring Quebec electricity down through NH, and it’s getting closer to producing the nation’s first offshore wind farm of real size. (Block Island in Rhode Island...
by David Brooks | Apr 20, 2017 | Blog, Newsletter
You know the saying “garbage in, garbage out,” of course, but just as relevant is “misleading information in, misleading conclusion out.” I had fun in Sunday’s Monitor with a perfect example of this: It was one of those endless...
by David Brooks | Apr 19, 2017 | Blog
My weekly appearance with NHPR host Peter Biello on Tuesday included his request that I imitate the noise of worms eating – as part of discussing the then-upcoming Science Cafe Concord on composting. In theory, that noise is somewhere in our discussion that you...
by David Brooks | Apr 17, 2017 | Blog
There’s something about composting that seems a little magic: Turn smelly garbage into lovely rich soil, without lifting a finger! Awesome. And if worms are involved, extra awesome – or so says at least one of three panelists at tonight’s Science Cafe Concord....
by David Brooks | Apr 13, 2017 | Blog, Newsletter
Here is my Concord Monitor column this week – think I can take credit for a huge increase in VPN usage? Considering that my livelihood depends in part on draping myself with the mantle of geekiness, it’s a little embarrassing to admit that I don’t really...
by David Brooks | Apr 13, 2017 | Blog, Newsletter
By UNH News Service: Since the Industrial Revolution, the amount of carbon dioxide in the atmosphere has rapidly increased. Researchers at the University of New Hampshire set out to determine how rising carbon dioxide concentrations and different climates may alter...
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