by David Brooks | Sep 20, 2024 | Blog, Newsletter
Kei trucks are a class of Japanese small truck that can do most of what American bloat-mobile pickups can do without most of the bulk. Some state DMVs say they’re not road-worthy but it seems they can be convinced otherwise: Massachusetts just allowed these...
by David Brooks | Sep 20, 2024 | Blog, Newsletter
One of the many nice things that climate change is ruining is pond skating. Strapping on the ice skates and making your way across the local pond/lake, going around islands or tufts of vegetable and over rough spots is *way* more fun than skating indoors, even if...
by David Brooks | Sep 20, 2024 | Blog, Newsletter
Over the past century, northern New England ecosystems have undergone numerous changes in land cover, from forest to farmland and back to forests. As lands once used for agriculture revert to woodlands, they impact the process through which nitrogen—a nutrient that...
by David Brooks | Sep 18, 2024 | Blog, Newsletter
Any big city exhibits aspects of William Gibson’s famous line that the future is already here, it’s just not evenly distributed – but few take it as far as Beijing. (Yes, folks, this is an example of that fine journalistic tradition: the “What I did on my summer...
by David Brooks | Sep 16, 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 Sept. 15 *** Connecting Plasma Arc Torches and Related Systems and Methods...
by David Brooks | Sep 16, 2024 | Blog, Newsletter
Bans on sending food waste into landfills haven’t worked in any state except Massachusetts, according to a new story, and even there the result wasn’t overwhelming. The Washington Post has a story. The study identified several factors that could explain...