by David Brooks | Nov 28, 2017 | Blog, Newsletter
Perhaps because I grew up in Virginia, I can never shake the feeling that snow is almost too weird to be real. Each time it snows, I am surprised anew that such a wispy substance can fall from on high, trap you in your home for a week, create the most beautiful scenes...
by David Brooks | Nov 28, 2017 | Blog, Newsletter
It hasn’t been that many years since I first heard the phrase “citizen science” but nowadays it’s all over the place. You can do everything from counting frogs to deciphering handwriting on 18th-century ship’s logs to helping NASA find...
by David Brooks | Nov 28, 2017 | Newsletter
Science Cafe NH takes December off but not Science on Tap, the science-in-a-bar discussion series run by SEE Science Center in Manchester. It’s session on Tuesday, Dec. 5, will discuss winter farming in NH. “Ssome enterprising farmers have found ways to...
by David Brooks | Nov 22, 2017 | Newsletter
Hey, it’s a holiday – you can’t expect me to work hard!
by David Brooks | Nov 21, 2017 | Blog, Newsletter
Science is so successful partly because its results are always being questioned. All scientists know this, but that doesn’t make it any easier when your results are the ones being questioned. Consider a report issued earlier this month by the United States Geological...
by David Brooks | Nov 20, 2017 | Blog, Newsletter
The question of whether the fight against climate change is helped or hurt by burning wood rather than using other fuels is complicated. I noted in a recent column that I have become convinced that burning wood solely to produce electricity is not a good idea from a...
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