by David Brooks | Jun 1, 2016 | Blog
There a great piece by Mark Hayward of the Union-Leader about native brook trout being found in muddy little urban stream in Manchester. Read it here; it’s very good: This is a neighborhood where the word forest is best used metaphorically to describe the hot...
by David Brooks | Jun 1, 2016 | Blog
There’s a debate about how much sense it makes to grow crops indoors: It allows you to create food in places that may not be otherwise of use, and grow food closer to urban areas where people are – which is good – but it requires energy to light and...
by David Brooks | May 31, 2016 | Blog
I can’t get enough of the New Hampshire Audubon peregrine falcon webcam. Great video, from two perspectives. The four babies are growing up; they’re currently in their awkward preteen phase, their white fluff being replaced by black feathers....
by David Brooks | May 31, 2016 | Blog
Next week is a packed one for Science Cafe in New Hampshire – there’s a special discussion in Laconia on Monday about opioid abuse, and Science Cafe Concord on Tuesday discussion the science of brewing. And then on Wednesday, I’m part of something...
by David Brooks | May 31, 2016 | Blog
UPDATE: Fannie Mae offers very low cost financing for new PV on homes. My Monitor column today ponders the effect that rooftop solar has on buying and selling houses. It’s mostly anecdotal because there isn’t good data yet, especially not for New...
by David Brooks | May 27, 2016 | Blog
UPDATE: Local hospitals are on the alert. Forget politics and crime and even the Golden State Warriors’ dilemma. The biggest news yesterday was the discovery in the U.S. of bacteria carrying the gene that makes them resistant to all antiboitics. As Boston...
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