by David Brooks | Nov 19, 2019 | Blog, Newsletter
New Hampshire’s population has been growing slowly, or not at all, for the past decade or so. But Ken Johnson, the state’s demography guru, says that is slightly misleading. Here’s an email he sent me about his latest research: Of all the things...
by David Brooks | Nov 19, 2019 | Blog, Newsletter
The Currier Museum in Manchester bought the Usonian Automatic house in that city, a rare example of the failed attempt by Frank Lloyd Wright to create cheap but good-looking homes that could be built by the homeowners. The two-bedroom, 1,400-sq.-ft home is made of a...
by David Brooks | Nov 18, 2019 | Blog, Newsletter
(Addendum: Science Cafe NH in Concord for January will talk about alternative voting. We discussed it just a year but it looks like there’s still a ton of interest in the topic. Science Cafe takes December off.) My little ranked-choice-voting experiment with the...
by David Brooks | Nov 18, 2019 | Blog, Newsletter
For each major tree-killing species of invasive bug, around half a dozen foreign insects live quietly in our forests, causing few noticeable problems. A new study may help scientists pick out the future tree killers from the crowd, and it has a surprising conclusion:...
by David Brooks | Nov 13, 2019 | Blog, Newsletter
From this in the 1990s… … to this today. (Photo by Jennifer Dijkstra/UNH – 1990s photo by Larry Harris/UNH) From UNH News Service: The effects of climate change are becoming more apparent, from the rapidly warming Gulf of Maine, to more frequent and...
by David Brooks | Nov 12, 2019 | Blog, Newsletter
From UNH News Service: As the climate changes, Northeast winters are warming more rapidly than other times of the year. While this may mean favorable growing conditions start earlier in the year, some ecosystems, such as perennial grasslands, can take better advantage...
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