by David Brooks | Aug 31, 2017 | Blog, Newsletter
Over a period of three to four days, Hurricane Harvey has dumped more than 45 inches of rain over large swaths of Texas. That’s a staggering number, and it led one reader to call the newsroom with a question: What would happen if that much rain fell on Concord?...
by David Brooks | Aug 31, 2017 | Blog, Newsletter
You’ve heard, of course, about the Internet of Things plenty of times in this column. Maybe it’s time for a different IoT: the Internet of Tomatoes. “About 88 percent of farms around the U.S. are small and medium size, and of those, nearly 100 percent have no...
by David Brooks | Aug 31, 2017 | Blog, Newsletter
September is almost here, which means New Hampshire is about to resume its title as The Science Cafe Capitol of the Western Hemisphere after a summer hiatus. Science Cafe New Hampshire is well into its sixth year in Nashua and Concord, while the...
by David Brooks | Aug 31, 2017 | Newsletter
It has always driven me crazy to hear otherwise intelligent people say “I’m no good at math.” The idea that the ability to understand or do mathematics is a yes-or-no attribute that cannot be altered is absurd but it’s widespread. I think some...
by David Brooks | Aug 31, 2017 | Newsletter
Warmer waters due to climate change are bringing a dangerous bacteria to New England oyster beds: “A lot of people connect higher ocean temperatures to Vibrio outbreaks in New York, Connecticut and Massachusetts. Surveillance measures for the bacteria strain...
by David Brooks | Aug 29, 2017 | Blog, Newsletter
The New Hampshire High Tech Council has opened the application period for its annual TechOut event, a startup competition aimed at enhancing the New Hampshire tech ecosystem by awarding investment capital to young startups. Now in its sixth year, the 2017 TechOut...
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