by David Brooks | Apr 9, 2020 | Blog, Newsletter
NHPR reporter Sam Evans-Brown pointed out an interesting electric-power experiment going on in New England: By coincidence, our nuclear power plants have all been offline for a few days. (Some were undergoing refueling, which happens every spring when demand dips, and...
by David Brooks | Apr 8, 2020 | Blog, Newsletter
Apologies to William Shakespeare, but these days when we step outside most of us become miniature COVID Hamlets and start to soliloquize: “To mask or not to mask – that is the question.” It’s not that we’re poetic, it’s that we’re confused. Which is understandable...
by David Brooks | Apr 7, 2020 | Blog, Newsletter
(While reading this story, you might want to play this: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Y2CWfSLyjx8) Here’s yet another surprising effect that COVID-19 has produced in everyday life: Stripping once inside the front door has become routine. As you’ve probably guessed,...
by David Brooks | Apr 6, 2020 | Blog, Newsletter
When you’re staying at home, you’re not driving. The number of trips by cars and trucks paying to go through tolls on New Hampshire turnpike system fell below 1 million last week, maybe for the first time ever since all the tolls were set up. Car trips are...
by David Brooks | Apr 6, 2020 | Blog, Newsletter
Obviously the United States needs lots and lots more testing for COVID-19 to determine who is and isn’t carrying it. Future years will look back with horror at the federal government’s failure to prepare during the first three months of this year for what...
by David Brooks | Apr 6, 2020 | Blog, Newsletter
Who says academic research is all ivory tower and no real-world consequences? Not UNH, as they note in this recent release. From UNH News: New Hampshire adopted a new, lower drinking water standard for arsenic last year after University of New Hampshire researchers...