by David Brooks | Nov 23, 2015 | Blog
There is a saying that “demographics is destiny,” meaning that everything which human society does depends on the makeup of its population. If you’re a New Hampshire employer, you may want to read this story, which ran in Saturday’s Monitor:...
by David Brooks | Nov 20, 2015 | Blog
The telling part of the Wired.com story about Coinbase releasing a bitcoin debit card is this: Coinbase, the Silicon Valley startup that operates digital bitcoin wallets for over 2.8 million people across the globe, about 20 percent of the transactions on its network...
by David Brooks | Nov 19, 2015 | Blog
Transcontinental Space Weather Balloon Launch is a pretty good headline, especially when it partly involves high school and college students in New Hampshire. As I write about in an upcoming Monitor story (am I allowed to scoop myself?), high school students who do...
by David Brooks | Nov 19, 2015 | Blog
Speaking of genetic modification of living things, as we were a couple posts ago, the FDA today approved the sale of genetically modified salmon. The salmon, which grows much faster than unmodified fish, is the first GMO non-plant to be approved for human consumption...
by David Brooks | Nov 19, 2015 | Blog
New Hampshire Business Review held a “cybersecurity” forum recently (yes, that term is still used – I kind of like it, actually) that looks like it was pretty good, judging from the paper’s report on it (read it here). The headline gives the...
by David Brooks | Nov 19, 2015 | Blog
The last Science Cafe NH of the fall was held last night at Killarney’s Irish Pub in Nashua, discussing solar power. There were lots of questions about financing and regulations, but geekiness also abounded (sine waves!). Science Cafe in Nashua is undergoing...
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