by David Brooks | Jan 9, 2024 | Blog, Newsletter
Robert Thorson, a professor of Earth sciences at the University of Connecticut, has been thinking for many years about stone walls, those iconic structures that fill the woods of New England. This thinking has led him to what sounds like a ridiculous conclusion:...
by David Brooks | Jan 9, 2024 | Blog, Newsletter
(Links to each patent can be found here, using the patent number or inventor’s name.) By Targeted News Service WASHINGTON – The following federal patents were assigned in New Hampshire through Jan. 7. *** System and Method for Aerial to Ground Registration DEKA...
by David Brooks | Jan 8, 2024 | Blog, Newsletter
Back in December I was clinging to hope – irrationally, but isn’t all hope irrational at heart? – that we would dodge the winter COVID surge. No such luck. As of Thursday, the New Hampshire Hospital Association says more people are in its beds with COVID-19 than at...
by David Brooks | Jan 4, 2024 | Blog, Newsletter
A professor at the Geisel School of Medicine at Dartmouth has an interesting use for large language models: Using them to role-play patients for medical students. (Full story from the school is here) Medical schools often employ people who act as patients based on a...
by David Brooks | Jan 3, 2024 | Blog, Newsletter
The SEE Science Center in Manchester is holding a Science on Tap discussion on January 9th. Science on Tap events are informal discussions with local scientists and experts on a particular topic. 2023-2024 is the eleventh season of Science on Tap . On Tuesday...
by David Brooks | Jan 2, 2024 | Blog, Newsletter
EDIT: The bill was killed. When I posted on reddit that two bills seeking to get NH to use gold and silver as currency were the dumbest proposed bills in the New Hampshire legislature this year, I was pointed to this chemtrail gem (HB1700): AN ACT prohibiting the...