by David Brooks | Oct 12, 2022 | Blog, Newsletter
The most genius thing associated with grants from the MacArthur Fellows program was labeling them “genius grants,” thus guaranteeing coverage even in places that don’t have geek in the title. The 2022 group was announced yesterday. There were no New...
by David Brooks | Oct 12, 2022 | Blog, Newsletter
I’ve got a hunter coming to my property this season to hopefully thin the eat-everything-in-sight herd. She does it for the meat, but perhaps that’s not a good idea – PFAS, those incredibly useful chemicals that were put in everything before we...
by David Brooks | Oct 11, 2022 | Blog, Newsletter
The biggest solar-eclipse booster in New Hampshire – perhaps the biggest on the Eastern Seaboard – has a confession to make: “I may have started a little early.” Rik Yeames has been eagerly anticipating April 8, 2024, when a total solar eclipse will cross New...
by David Brooks | Oct 10, 2022 | Blog, Newsletter
The Union-Leader reports. (story here, behind paywall; why not subscribe to the state’s biggest newspaper?) FedEx is ending the research and development of “Roxo” — a same-day delivery robot that was being developed with Manchester’s DEKA Research &...
by David Brooks | Oct 10, 2022 | Blog, Newsletter
MaineBiz has the story (here): The first commercial office building in Maine that will primarily use cross-laminated timber will be funded in part by a $250,000 grant from the U.S. Department of Agriculture. The 150,000-square-foot office building, at 100 Rock Row,...
by David Brooks | Oct 10, 2022 | Blog, Newsletter
Science Cafe NH is back in meatspace mode in Nashua, meeting monthly at Margarita’s Restaurant, which is located in a converted industrial building right on the Nashua River – very cool spot. The next session is SETI, Science and the Search for Alien Life,...