by David Brooks | Dec 28, 2015 | Blog
A screenshot to remind you of how wonderfully accurate the Old Farmer’s Almanac is in its secret-sauce weather predictions.
by David Brooks | Dec 26, 2015 | Blog
Recycling Christmas lights is not easy, separating out the plastic coasting and the bulbs from the metal – which is why most places just heave them into the landfill when they break, which they always do. The Concord Monitor reports that four new Hampshire...
by David Brooks | Dec 26, 2015 | Blog
And now, for a wet-blanket moment on your news feed: Christmas lights are fun and delightful, but a federal study says this country uses more electricity to power them than many countries do to power their entire economy, including El Salvador, Cambodia and Nepal....
by David Brooks | Dec 23, 2015 | Blog
By Holly Ramer, Associated Press: Everyone knows Rudolph has a red nose, but what about his eyes? Prompted by questions from his 4-year-old daughter, Dartmouth College anthropology professor Nathaniel Dominy recently wrote a scholarly paper on how the unique...
by David Brooks | Dec 22, 2015 | Blog
Solar power is generally a good thing, but that doesn’t mean some less-than-good attributes can’t go along for the ride – like false marketing. That’s what Vermont’s attorney general is claiming, anyway, as the online news site vtdigger...
by David Brooks | Dec 21, 2015 | Blog
Car batteries, those lead-acid beauties, are 12-volt and have been for my entire life. They changed from 6-volt during the first half-century of car design, as engines got more complicated and batteries got better; the higher voltage allowed various improvements,...
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