by David Brooks | Oct 16, 2015 | Blog, Economy-Business, Environmental
One of the problems with journalism is that important stuff is often boring. A perfect example is the way New Hampshire is considering new rules for the state Site Evaluation Committee. It will have huge repercussions about the existence and location of electric...
by David Brooks | Oct 16, 2015 | Blog
NHPR’s weekly Something Wild segment looks at white-nose syndrome, which has devastated bats throughout the Northeast, including New Hampshire. (I haven’t seen a bat in my barn for more than five years.) You can listen to it here. As I’ve noted here...
by David Brooks | Oct 15, 2015 | Blog
A couple of years ago, Science Cafe New Hampshire tackled the subject of the damage that cats do to wildlife. They do a lot of damage – cats are awesome hunters – and the message was “cat owners, keep your cats indoors”. We didn’t go much...
by David Brooks | Oct 14, 2015 | Blog
Interactive maps showing the effect of sea-level rise on coastal areas have been around a while – they’re pretty easy to create if you’ve got the right tools, thanks to detailed topographic data – so the release of a new one by Climate Central...
by David Brooks | Oct 14, 2015 | Blog
My weekly chat with Peter Biello of NH Public Radio covered, as usual, my Monitor column – which as you’ll recall from a posting yesterday concerned a New Hampshire inventor who claims he has greatly improved on standard screw-thread design, and is trying...
by David Brooks | Oct 14, 2015 | Blog
Portland, Maine, has a Tool Library, which is great idea for urban areas where apartments don’t have much room. There’s a piece about it in today’s Portland Press-Herald (right here) – it sounds like a makerspace where you do the making...
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