by David Brooks | Jan 24, 2019 | Blog, Newsletter
This story just missed the newsletter deadline, so I’m sending it out separately: The death of a woman who was burned when the Tesla Model X in which she was riding hit a tree is the first fatal accident involving an electric car in New Hampshire, raising the...
by David Brooks | Jan 23, 2019 | Blog, Newsletter
These days, computers are old hat. If they want to be interesting, you need to think smaller – much smaller. As in subatomic, quantum-level small. “There are fundamentally different principles that quantum mechanics brings. There are types of quantum correlations that...
by David Brooks | Jan 23, 2019 | Blog, Newsletter
A group called First Street Foundation with help from some Columbia University data scientists has crunched some numbers and says that increased erosion and tidal flooding caused by rising sea levels, caused in turn by climate change, have trimmed $15.2 million off...
by David Brooks | Jan 23, 2019 | Blog, Newsletter
The ice runway on Lake Winnipesaukee’s Alton Bay has opened for the season. It’s the only FAA-approved runway on ice in the lower 48 states. AOPA, the Airline Aircraft Owners and Pilot’s Association, loves this place. AOPA is the main organization...
by David Brooks | Jan 23, 2019 | Blog, Newsletter
The Boston Globe has a nice piece about UNH research into backyard shrimp farming, as a possible addition to the local-food movement. The shrimp can be cultivated in any larger container or tank, or even a backyard kiddie pool, at a relatively low cost. …. The...
by David Brooks | Jan 21, 2019 | Blog, Newsletter
Once again there are efforts in the legislature to get away from Daylight Saving Time by moving us into the Atlantic Time Zone and dumping the twice-a-year clock shift. A bill (HB567) would do it for New Hampshire as long as Massachusetts and Maine also do it....
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