by David Brooks | Mar 3, 2022 | Blog, Newsletter
In the name of science and of informing you, dear reader, I spent a half-hour last week walking up and down my yard dragging an old towel embroidered with Big Bird’s face. The goal of this inelegant activity, done before Friday’s snowstorm, was to test a statement...
by David Brooks | Mar 2, 2022 | Blog, Newsletter
The insect Lymantria dispar formerly known as Gypsy Moth is now the Spongy Moth. It will not, alas, be any less of a problem. From phys.org: The ESA Governing Board voted unanimously last week to approve the addition of “spongy moth” to...
by David Brooks | Mar 2, 2022 | Blog, Newsletter
OK, that’s not what they proved – but who can resist a reddit joke? Not me! Here’s what they actually did: “Dartmouth researchers have built an artificial intelligence model for detecting mental disorders using conversations on Reddit, part of...
by David Brooks | Mar 1, 2022 | Blog, Newsletter
Three pilot projects by utilities in Massachusetts will connect ground-source heat pumps to heat and cool entire neighborhoods: “Massachusetts’ major gas utilities, facing the eventual demise of fossil fuels under the state’s decarbonization mandate, are...
by David Brooks | Mar 1, 2022 | Blog, Newsletter
Lebanon is installing a system to get electricity from the methane produced by its landfill. It costs more than $5 million but “even conservative estimates show that it will be revenue positive during its first year, earning enough to cover the city’s bond...
by David Brooks | Feb 28, 2022 | Blog, Newsletter
(Note: I put this up on the New Hampshire chapter of reddit, and the barrage of “they were old and sick and would have died anyway!” and “did they die OF covid or WITH covid – what about that?!?!?” denial would have been funny if it...