by David Brooks | Nov 19, 2025 | Blog, Newsletter
The United States is quietly heading into a massive change of the type we haven’t seen for 170 years. It sounds scary, but don’t worry: I’ve lived through it already, and it’s not so bad. We are discussing here the slow demise of the penny, the dark-brown coin beloved...
by David Brooks | Nov 19, 2025 | Blog, Newsletter
Maine Lobster Now, a direct-to-consumer seafood company, is pointing out the connection between warming oceans – Gulf of Maine temperatures are rising faster than in almost any other ocean body – and falling lobster catches. The 2024 catch was roughly 15%...
by David Brooks | Nov 18, 2025 | Blog, Newsletter
From Mark Wanner, UNH News: Once the stem snaps at harvest, a race begins between biology and decay, and when produce begins to decay, farmers lose income, grocers lose stock, and consumers lose flavor. Researchers at UNH are exploring the complex process of ripening,...
by David Brooks | Nov 18, 2025 | Blog, Newsletter
Vermont Public has a story about a study which says that after Vermont eliminated “philosophical objections” as a reason to not have your child vaccinated, “parents skeptical of immunization simply turn to the state’s religious exemption...
by David Brooks | Nov 17, 2025 | 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 Nov. 16. *** Dynamic Multipath Searcher Revisit Rate for a WCDMA Receiver...
by David Brooks | Nov 5, 2025 | Blog, Newsletter
The technologies called artificial intelligence are really good at certain things, often involving pattern-matching at blinding speed. Here’s a great example, from UNH News Service: Researchers at the University of New Hampshire have harnessed artificial...
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