by David Brooks | Aug 24, 2023 | Blog, Newsletter
CleanTechnica is a well-respected news site that focuses on energy and climate. It used to have much of a Tesla fancruft but has gotten much more balanced. It runs occasional pieces by outsiders and today it’s got one titled “Climate—& A Cautionary...
by David Brooks | Aug 23, 2023 | Blog, Newsletter
When it comes to medical breakthroughs, my mind has always taken a techno-futuristic turn, as you would expect from the name of this column. We need swallowable robot pills! 3D-printed human tissue! Manipulated DNA! Then everything will be better. This approach is...
by David Brooks | Aug 21, 2023 | Blog, Newsletter
In 1929, American writers Willie and Katie Seabrook took time off from palling around with Ernest Hemingway in France to visit West Africa, where they gathered material for his travel book and her children’s books. While they were being escorted by officials from what...
by David Brooks | Aug 21, 2023 | Blog, Newsletter
Wondering what it’s like to face off with a tech monopoly? Look no further than the least inconspicuous storefront in downtown Concord. Even though Emmett Soldati, owner of the Teatotaller cafe on North Main Street, won a surprise victory in front of the state Supreme...
by David Brooks | Aug 18, 2023 | Blog, Newsletter
The Exeter Police Department has created a patch commemorates the day 18-year-old Norman Muscarello reported a UFO sighting behind a barn in nearby Kensington to Exeter Police in 1965. This has become known to UFO fans as the “Exeter incident” and is often...
by David Brooks | Aug 18, 2023 | Blog, Newsletter
A bunch of University of Vermont students are trying to resurrect an old dam that was swamped by Hurricane Irene and make it the hydropower centerpiece of a local microgrid. Interesting project – details from the UVM magazine are here. Other groups of...