by David Brooks | Apr 20, 2017 | Blog, Newsletter
I’m of two minds about the March for Science events happening Saturday. (Of the 500 or so events planned around the country I know of two in New Hampshire – in Concord at the Statehouse from 9 a.m. to 2 p.m., and in Portsmouth at Market Square from 1 to 3...
by David Brooks | Apr 20, 2017 | Blog, Newsletter
UPDATE: This story was written Wednesday. The bill passed and will go to Gov. Sununu, who I image will sign it. Among the geekiest of potential new state laws – one that would exempt some types of bitcoin transactions from oversight by the state banking commission –...
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....
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