by David Brooks | Sep 7, 2015 | Blog
Maine’s blueberry harvest attracted more than 5,000 migrant farmers 10 years ago and it’s down to about 1,500 today, said David Yarborough, a University of Maine professor of horticulture. That quote comes from this AP story about increasing mechanization...
by David Brooks | Sep 5, 2015 | Blog
Simple shapes are easier to insulate, so a simply-shaped house (think Quaker rather than Gehry) will have less heat loss. That’s what I learned, plus the term “thermal bridge,” which is a place like a corner where you can’t shove in insulation,...
by David Brooks | Sep 4, 2015 | Blog
The Royal Burgers Zoo in The Netherland used a drone to make cool video of their world-famous chimpanzee enclosure when one of the apes reacted like a number of humans have done. Watch the video right here.
by David Brooks | Sep 4, 2015 | Blog
CNBC reports that “Electricity generated by US wind farms fell 6 per cent in the first half of the year even as the nation expanded wind generation capacity by 9 per cent, Energy Information Administration records show. The reason was some of the softest air...
by David Brooks | Sep 3, 2015 | Blog
The topic of vaccination has become so politicized that I find myself hesitating to spread any bad news about vaccines, for fear the anti-vax crowd will blow it out of proportion. Shame on me for thinking that way: If I support evidence-based medicine – as I do,...
by David Brooks | Sep 3, 2015 | Blog
The Boston Globe reports (here) that Pilgrim Nuclear Power Station in Pilgrim, mass., has had its safety rating downgraded after several unplanned shutdowns. The plant is now one of just three nuclear power reactors nationwide ranked in the next to lowest performance...
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