by David Brooks | Dec 5, 2016 | Blog
From the Associated Press: “Scientists are recognizing that a waterborne disease sickening tens of thousands of people each year is associated with warmer waters of the Gulf of Mexico moving northward, partly due to climate change. The problem is extremely rare...
by David Brooks | Dec 5, 2016 | Blog
Despite all the recent rain, Concord and many other New Hampshire communities are still asking people to conserve water, and two-thirds of the state is still listed as suffering from “severe drought,” although that’s a bit of an improvement from the “extreme drought”...
by David Brooks | Dec 4, 2016 | Blog
The November Science Cafe Concord discussed 3-D printing and had the subtitle “Has it lived up to its promise?” The panelists, from printer-manufacturer SolidScape in Merrimack, Technology Education Concepts in Concord and Manchester Makerspace, made a...
by David Brooks | Dec 2, 2016 | Blog
UPDATE: Online petitions may be pointless, but competing ones have been created at Change.org over this issue – this one supports the hotel; and this one opposes it. The owner of the Cog Railway has an idea: Build a 35-room hotel alongside – maybe even...
by David Brooks | Dec 1, 2016 | Blog, Newsletter
Because of the way cannabis grows (lots and lots of heat is needed), it is generally cultivated indoors and requires tons of electricity. As much as half of one percent of all electricity in Colorado current goes to indoor cannabis farming! The Energy Gang, an...
by David Brooks | Dec 1, 2016 | Blog, Newsletter
Science Cafe New Hampshire takes December off, but SEE Science Center in Manchester still holds its science-chat-in-a-bar session, called Science on Tap. Its held at the Stark Brewing Company, 50 Commercial St. in Manchester, on Tuesday, Dec. 6 at 6 p.m., and the...
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