by David Brooks | Mar 30, 2017 | Blog, Newsletter
A company called Kraig Biocraft Laboratories in Michigan says it has cleared “a key hurdle to mass produce spider silk in Vietnam via a transgenic silkworm capable of spinning recombinant spider silk.” Cool, yes, but what’s the New Hampshire angle?...
by David Brooks | Mar 30, 2017 | Blog, Newsletter
“After three decades of trying to spread the joy of science through polysyllabic newspaper columns, I’m beginning to think that I should be flushing mercury down the toilet on YouTube, instead.” That’s the start of my Monitor column today (you can...
by David Brooks | Mar 24, 2017 | Blog
I have always regarded Earth Hour as a mildly clever but not important gesture. Started in Sydney in 2007, it is a global event in which all are urged to turn off their lights for an hour at a certain time (8:30pm on 25 March 2017) to create a visible statement about...
by David Brooks | Mar 23, 2017 | Blog, Newsletter
As a confirmed skeptic, I agree that it’s a good idea to not accept blindly the statements of others but to consider them and weigh the evidence when it exists. However, that is not the same thing as saying “I never believe X, period” – which...
by David Brooks | Mar 23, 2017 | Blog, Newsletter
New Hampshire Fish and Game – the folks who have to respond to complaints about nuisance bears – are not fans of backyard bird feeders. Fatty birdseed is like candy to black bears, so feeders lure them close to our homes, where complaints are more likely....
by David Brooks | Mar 20, 2017 | Blog
If you’re looking for some new environmental problem to fret about, teeny-tiny bits of plastic in the ocean is a good candidate. All the plastic stuff we throw away eventually breaks down into little particles that don’t dissolve but eventually end up in...
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