by David Brooks | Jun 22, 2016 | Blog
I wrote this week about how astronomers aren’t crazy about outdoor LED lights because they are more effective than sodium or incandescent light at interfering with our night vision. Doctors have some of the same concerns, as CNN reports in this good piece....
by David Brooks | Jun 22, 2016 | Blog
A new report from the National Health Statistics, based on a 2012 national survey, reflects what a massive business alternative/complementary medicine has become in the U.S.: An estimated 59 million persons aged 4 years and over had at least one expenditure for some...
by David Brooks | Jun 21, 2016 | Blog
We’re all familiar with the phrase “It’s an ill wind that blows no good,” the optimistic belief that you can find silver linings in all but the worst of events. Unfortunately, the less-cheerful antithesis – “It’s a rare wind that blows no ill” – is also...
by David Brooks | Jun 20, 2016 | Blog
Rumble strips, those patterns of grooves cut into the side of or center trip of roads to alert drivers wandering out of their lanes, aren’t exactly exciting technology. Or so I thought before writing a story about them for the Monitor this weekend, which...
by David Brooks | Jun 17, 2016 | Blog
New Hampshire is celebrating the lottery for its annual moose hunt, but I suspect there soon won’t be any hunt because we won’t have enough moose: The mortality rate of moose calves in New Hampshire this winter was a staggering 80 percent, due mostly to a...
by David Brooks | Jun 17, 2016 | Blog
Dave Anderson, the smooth-talking host of NHPR’s “Something Wild” segments (who looks nothing like his voice – he has much more of the senior biker-dude vibe) has an interesting take on why there seem to be so many porcupines around today. He...
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