by David Brooks | Dec 11, 2018 | Blog, Newsletter
The Champlain Hudson Power Express (CHPE). a 300-mile underground high-voltage line carrying hydroelectricity from Quebec dams down to New York City, is finally moving ahead with construction likely to begin in 2020, reports the Canadian newspaper National Observer....
by David Brooks | Dec 11, 2018 | Blog, Newsletter
Government awards given to state employees do not usually carry amusing titles. Unless you’re talking about de-icing technology in New Hampshire. Then you’ve got awards like “Salt-n-Peppa,” “Shaken Not Stirred” and “Salt of the Earth” – given out annually by the N.H....
by David Brooks | Dec 11, 2018 | Newsletter
Every year I wrote a column taking some aspect of the Santa Claus story and looking at it scientifically. This is last year’s effort, which I am resurrecting because Wheeler Ruml, the quoted expert herein, was just named a fellow of the National Academy of...
by David Brooks | Dec 10, 2018 | Blog, Newsletter
The exterior of a tree isn’t always a good reflection of its internal condition – think of it as “can’t judge a book by its cover” applied to books’ raw material. In Connecticut, as NPR reports (read/listen to the story here)...
by David Brooks | Dec 10, 2018 | Blog, Newsletter
The UNH School of Law in Concord is about to take its first big steps into the world of online education, and if all goes as planned it will go further and create what it calls the nation’s first specialized law degree. The school is awaiting permission from the...
by David Brooks | Dec 7, 2018 | Blog, Newsletter
The MIT-connected startup Altaeros Energies has built a blimp hangar in Fremont, N.H. – halfway between Manchester and the Seacoast – to do R&D on their plan to use blimps as cheap cell towers in rural areas. The Union-Leader reports that they had their first test...
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